Published November, 2012
By Nanette F. Santoro and Genevieve Neal-Perry
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Amenorrhea: A Case-Based Clinical Guide is a comprehensive review of the current knowledge regarding normal female reproductive physiology. Replete with interesting case vignettes and providing diagnostic algorithms and therapeutic strategies for amenorrhea, Amenorrhea: A Case-Based Clinical Guide is divided into three sections.

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Published October, 2012
By Michael O. Thorner and Roy G. Smith
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The introductory chapter sets the background for the book and provides a superb overview of the relevance of ghrelin to physiology, describing how the discovery of ghrelin has prompted us to completely rethink traditional physiology.

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Published October, 2012
By Michael Freemark
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The evidence-based approach of Pediatric Obesity: Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment provides a comprehensive and invaluable guide for all healthcare providers concerned with the evaluation and care of children with nutritional and metabolic disease and with the societal implications of the obesity epidemic.

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Published October, 2012
By Fuller W. Bazer
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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A comprehensive, cutting-edge review of the complex interactions between maternal and fetal-placental tissues that control the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, the proper development of the fetus, the birth process, and the behavioral aspects of bonding between mother and newborn.

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Published October, 2012
By Allen M. Spiegel
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Published October, 2012
By Aristidis Veves
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Leading medical specialists critically review for the general practitioner the latest techniques for the clinical management of diabetic neuropathy. They also include concise discussions of the causes of diabetic neuropathy and highlight the relatively unknown features of neuropathy that can significantly impact a patient's life.

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Published August, 2012
By George P. Chrousos, Christian A. Koch and George Chrousos
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure.

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Published August, 2012
By Stephen P. Ethier
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Comprehensive and up-to-date, Endocrine Oncology offers both basic and clinical researchers not only the latest molecular and cellular findings on endocrine cancers, but also a powerful critical analysis that will prove invaluable to all endocrinologists and oncologists working in the area today.

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Published July, 2012
By Michael O. Thorner and Roy G. Smith
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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In a state-of-the-art synthesis of basic science and clinical practice, Roy Smith and a distinguished panel of researchers and clinicians review GH regulation and its action at the molecular level, and describe the basis for GH deficiency and the use of GH as therapy in a variety of clinical situations.

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Published July, 2012
By Carole R. Mendelson
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Carole Mendelson has assembled a panel of leading investigators to critically review the various classes of endocrine, paracrine, and neuroendocrine factors that play a role in the regulation of lung development and surfactant production.

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