Management of Common Endocrine Conditions

Disorders of the endocrine system can be frequently encountered in all branches of medicine and allied disciplines. This concise, up-to-date book provides seminal information and contemporary guidelines about the current management of the most common endocrine conditions which family physicians, general practitioners, and other health-care professionals are likely to meet with in clinical practice. The treatment of such conditions may vary from the relatively straightforward to the exceedingly complex as described in each chapter. Reference is also made to rarer endocrine disorders normally managed in specialist centres. With input from selected contributions by chosen experts in the field, this text provides a quick reference for all those who are involved in the care of individuals with such conditions.

Περιεχόμενα:

1 Thyroid, 2 Calcium metabolism, 3 Pituitary and hypothalamic disorders, 4 Adrenal, 5 Ovary, 6 Testes, 7 Less common endocrine conditions