Main description:

Give your patients the benefit of today's best adrenal endocrinology know-how with The Adrenal Gland, a new derivative book from the same expert endocrinologists responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume textbook, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric. Never before available as a stand-alone offering, this compilation of chapters from the leading resource in endocrinology covers all material related to the adrenal gland.

Stay abreast of the newest knowledge and advances in adrenal endocrinology, including.

the molecular genetics of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas
the newest therapies for adrenocortical carcinoma, written by the organizers of the first major international trials
a survey of adrenal imaging, authored by the world's major diagnostic imaging specialist on cross-sectional CT and MR scanning of the adrenal gland
a comprehensive survey of adrenarche and the adrenopause - topics not adequately covered in most other adrenal endocrinology books
and much more.

Count on all the authority that has made Endocrinology, 6th Edition, edited by Drs. Jameson and De Groot, the go-to clinical medical reference for endocrinologists worldwide.
Make the best clinical endocrinology decisions with an enhanced emphasis on evidence-based practice in conjunction with expert opinion.

Contents:

The Principles, Enzymes, and Pathways of Human Steroidogenesis
Glucocorticoid Action: Physiology
Glucocorticoid Receptors: Their Mechanisms of Action and Glucocorticoid Resistance
Aldosterone: Secretion and Action
Glucocorticoid Therapy
Adrenal Insufficiency
Adrenal Causes of Hypercortisolism
Defects of Adrenal Steroidogenesis
Adrenarche and Adrenopause
Adrenal Gland Imaging
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Primary Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes and Hypertension
Mineralocorticoid Deficiency
Pheochromocytoma
Adrenal Surgery
Cushing's Syndrome