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Main description:
Leading clinicians review in depth the clinical and molecular aspects of the hormone resistance syndromes caused by receptor mutations. These mutations are involved in a large number of disorders, including dwarfism, Laron syndrome, pseudohypoparathyroidism, insulin resistance, resistance to thyroid hormone, glucocorticoid resistance, hereditary resistance to vitamin D, and estrogen resistance. Throughout, the book's distinguished contributors not only summarize the clinical features of these and related disorders, but also illuminate their molecular bases. Hormone Resistance Syndromes provides an authoritative summary and standard reference for all those clinicians and researchers actively studying these mutations today and affords a unique opportunity to understand hormone action in normal physiology.
Contents:
Dwarfism: GHRH Resistance, Gerhard Baumann and Hiralal G. Maheshwari. Laron Syndrome: Primary Growth Hormone Resistance, Zvi Laron. Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Ali Al-Zahrani, Michael A. Levine, and William F. Schwindinger. Hereditary Resistance to Vitamin D, Peter J. Malloy and David Feldman. Decreased Responsiveness to Extracellular Ca2+ Owing to Abnormalities in the Ca2+O-Sensing Receptor, Edward M. Brown, Olga Kifor, and Mei Bai. Resistance to TSH, Peter Kopp. Thyroid Hormone Resistance, V. Krishna K. Chatterjee, Roderick J. Clifton-Bligh, and Mark Gurnell. Diabetes Mellitus: Insulin Resistance, Simeon I. Taylor and Elif Arioglu. LH Insensitivity Syndrome, Axel P. N. Themmen, John W. M. Martens, and Han G. Brunner. FSH Resistance, Kristina Aittomaki and Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi. Genetic Alterations of Androgen Receptor Function, Ken Brantley, Tianshu Gao, and Michael J. McPhaul. Retained Mullerian Ducts: AMH Resistance Syndrome, Nathalie Josso, Jean-Yves Picard, and Rodolfo Rey. Adrenal Insufficiency: ACTH Resistance, Adrian J. L. Clark. Glucocorticoid Resistance and Hypersensitivity, Denis P. Franchimont and George P. Chrousos. Index.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: January, 2013
Pages: 282
Weight: 566g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Endocrinology
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