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Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes (Essentials) (5th Revised edition) ISBN: 1405136480 ISBN13: 9781405136488 Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes (Essentials) (5th Revised edition) By: Richard Holt ; Neil Hanley Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd Format: Paperback Our Price: 22.74 Discount: 9% RRP: 24.99

This new edition of Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes has been rewritten and revised by a new author team. Easy-to-use and comprehensively treating all areas of endocrinology and diabetes, it is the perfect core text for medical students, biomedical science students, and junior doctors, and a useful tool for clinicians wishing to reacquaint themselves with some of the basic science behind their day-to-day clinical practice. It includes new chapters on endocrine neoplasia, diabetes (type 1, type 2, complications) and obesity. New features include learning objectives, key points boxes and case histories. Content now reorganized into 3 parts: principles of endocrinology; clinical endocrinology; and clinical diabetes and obesity.


Contents:

Preface.List of AbbreviationsPart 1: Principles of Endocrinology.1 The endocrine system.2 The biological principles of endocrinology.3 The molecular basis of endocrinology.4 Investigations in endocrinologyPart 2: Clinical Endocrinology.5 The hypothalamus and pituitary gland.6 The adrenal gland.7 Reproductive endocrinology.8 The thyroid gland.9 Calcium and metabolic bone disease.10 Endocrine neoplasia.Part 3: Clinical diabetes and obesity.11 Overview of diabetes.12 Type 1 diabetes.13 Type 2 diabetes.14 Complications of diabetes.15 Obesity.Index


Brief Description:

Explains the molecular and physiological aspects of endocrinology and shows how knowledge of the fundamentals informs the understanding of endocrine diseases and their management. This book includes chapters on endocrine neoplasia, diabetes (type 1, type 2,) and obesity. It is suitable for biomedical science students, and junior doctors.

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