Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1588294277 ISBN 13: 9781588294272

Publisher: Humana Press Inc., 2005

Synopsis

In this newly updated second edition, leading scientists and clinicians create a concise yet comprehensive encyclopedia of the latest scientific and clinical knowledge covering the entire spectrum of endocrinology - from mammalian cells, plants, and insects to animal models and human disease. Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, 2nd ed., illuminates the scientific principles underlying all aspects of hormone secretion and hormone action and leads the reader toward a full understanding of the pathogenesis of human endocrine disease. It will be indispensable to physicians and scientists as well as to students who need a high-quality, up-to-date critical survey and reference to endocrinology today.

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From the Back Cover

For this new edition of Conn & Melmed's Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, a panel of distinguished scientists and clinicians has completely rewritten every chapter to reflect the latest advances in our understanding of the endocrine system. Maintaining the original goal of the first edition to integrate the basic science of endocrinology with its physiological and clinical principles, the authors have succinctly summarized in 450 pages the latest findings on hormone secretion and hormone action, as well as all of the most recent insights into the physiology and pathophysiology of hormonal disorders. Coverage extends across the entire spectrum of endocrinology-from mammalian cells, plants, and insects to animal models and human diseases-with much increased coverage of diabetes and metabolism. Highlights include cutting-edge discussions of appetite disorders, obesity, reproductive failure, control of thyroid function, hormone action in humans and the lower species, and the mechanisms subserving hormone secretion.
Concise yet comprehensive, Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, Second Edition offers students, clinicians, and scientists access to the entire spectrum of endocrinological knowledge, authoritatively illuminating the basic scientific principles underlying every aspect of hormone secretion and action, and leading the reader towards a full understanding of the pathogenesis and management of human endocrine disease.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humana Press Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588294277
• ISBN 13: 9781588294272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Melmed Shlomo, Conn P. Michael