Published November, 2010
By Aaron I. Vinik and Derek LeRoith
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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This book addresses diabetes controversies, specifically in the management of etiology and the disease itself. The volume covers commonly accepted forms of therapies and complications, as well as new and emerging advances and therapies and inadequacies in several standard treatments.

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Published November, 2010
By George H. Greeley, Jr. Greeley and George Greeley
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Leading clinical and basic science researchers present the latest molecular and cellular findings on key gut peptides, illuminating their physiology and pathophysiology, as well as highlighting the regulatory mechanisms underlying their action in the intestinal tract.

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Published November, 2010
By Anthony P. Weetman
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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This is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The first section details the basic mechanism of autoimmunity and examines immunogenetic and environmental factors in autoimmunity. The next section examines autoimmune thyroid disease.

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Published November, 2010
By Etienne-Emile Baulieu
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Published November, 2010
By Robert F. Kushner and Daniel H. Bessesen
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The aim of this book is to inform clinicians of recent advances in obesity research and provide a review of current treatment issues and strategies. Part 2 covers a range of issues that are central to the clinical management of obese patients.

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Published November, 2010
By Ora H. Pescovitz and Emily C. Walvoord
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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This book focuses on precocious puberty, providing a unique continuum of expertise looking at puberty from anthropologic, epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular perspectives.

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Published November, 2010
By Andrew N. Margioris and George P. Chrousos
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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In Adrenal Disorders, a panel of distinguished physicians and researchers select the most relevant new findings and integrate them into the existing body of clinical knowledge on adrenal pathologies.

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Published November, 2010
By Michelle P. Warren, Naama Constantini and Naama W. Constantini
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Since the observation in the 19th century that an extract of the suprarenal bodies injected into the circulation caused a rise in blood pressure, the endocrine system has become a major component in our understanding of human physiology.

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Published November, 2010
By Mark E. Molitch and Mark Molitch
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Practical and stimulating, Challenging Cases in Endocrinology demonstrates for every clinical endocrinologist precisely how specialists approach their most challenging cases and how these approaches can be effectively applied in the daily practice of endocrinology.

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Published November, 2010
By Janet E. Hall and Lynnette K. Nieman
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Experienced physicians concisely explain the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of endocrine disorders and survey all the latest laboratory diagnostics. Topics range widely from an overview of the diagnosis of diabetes and the long-term monitoring of its complications to the evaluation of menstrual dysfunction.

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