Clinical Endocrinology

List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Part 1: Molecular Biology of Endocrine Systems: 1. Basic principles; 2. Methods of investigation; 3. Molecular aspects of hormonal regulation; Part 2: Hormone Receptors and Intracellular Signalling: 4. Hormone receptors and intracellular signalling; Part 3: Neuroendocrinology: 5. Structure and function of the hypothalamus and pituitary; 6. Regulation of the hypothalamus and pituitary; 7. Measurement of circulating hormones; 8. Hypothalamic and pituitary tumours: general principles; 9. Hyperprolactinaemia: causes, biochemical diagnosis and tests of prolactin secretion; 10. Prolactinomas; 11. Galactorrhoea in women with normal basal prolactin concentrations; 12. Acromegaly; 13. Functionless pituitary tumours; 14. Gonadotrophin-secreting pituitary adenomas; 15. Thyrotrophin-secreting pituitary tumours; 16. Isolated adrenocorticotrophic hormone deficiency; 17. Lymphocytic hypophysitis; 18. Craniopharyngiomas and other hypothalamic tumours; 19. The surgery of hypothalamo-pituitary tumours; 20. Radiotherapy for pituitary tumours; 21. Pituitary carcinoma and cytotoxic chemotherapy for aggressive pituitary tumours; 22. Disorders of water balance; Part 4: The Thyroid: 23. The thyroid: development, structure and function; 24. Assessment of thyroid function; 25. Thyroid imaging; 26. Goitre and hypothyroidism; 27. Throtoxicosis; 28. Thyroid carcinoma; 29. Subacute thyroiditis; 30. Thyroid disease and pregnancy; 31. Alterations of thyroid function in non-thyroidal illness: the 'euthyroid sick' syndrome; Part 5: The Adrenal Cortex: 32. Strucure and function of the adrenal cortex; 33. Cushing's syndrome; 34. Disorders of mineralcorticoid hormone secretion; 35. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; 36. Primary adrenocortical failure; 37. The management of adrenal incidentialomas; Part 6: The Adrenal Medulla: 38. The sympatho-adrenal system, phaeochromocytomas and related tumours; Part 7: Pancreatic Islet Cells: 39. Insulinoma; 40. Islet-cell tumours (excluding insulinomas and carcinoids); Part 8: Disorders of Calcium Metabolism: 41. Regulation of calcium metabolism: hypercalcaemia; 42. Defects of the parathyroid-vitamin D axis: hypocalcaemia, hypoparathyroidism, rickets and osteomalacia; 43. Osteoporosis; 44. Paget's disease of bone; Part 9: Cranial Syndrome and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia: 45. Carcinoid syndrome; 46. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1; 47. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and medullary thyroid carcinoma; Part 10: Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis: 48. Basic physiology of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis; 49. Male hypogonadism; 50. Male infertility: diagnosis, anti-sperm antibodies and surgical treatment; 51. Hypogonaism in women; 52. The oral contraceptive; 53. Premenstrual tension and the premenstrual syndrome; 54. Hirsutism and the polycystic ovary syndrome; 55. Gynaecomastia; 56. Management of the menopause; Part 11: Sexual Differentiation: 57. Sexual differentiation; 58. Intersex states; Part 12: Female Infertility: 59. Assessment of female infertility; 60. Assisted reproduction; Part 13: Disorders of Growth: 61. Principles of normal growth: auxology and endocrinology; 62. Disorders of stature; 63. Premature sexual development; 64. Delayed puberty: diagnosis and management; Part 14: Imaging in Endocrinology: 65. Endocrine imaging techniques; 66. New applications of radioisotopic scanning in neuroendocrinology; Part 15: Disorders of Weight: Obesity and Anorexia: 67. Obesity: definition, assessment and dietary management; 68. Neuroendocrine function in obesity; 69. Drugs and surgery in the treatment of obesity; 70. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa; 71. Dietary aspects of anorexia nervos and bulimia nervosa; Part 16: The Hyperlipidaemias: Diagnosis and Management: 72. The hyperlipidaemias: diagnosis and management; Part 17: The Endocrinology of Cancer: 73. Ectopic hormone production; 74. Hypercalcaemia of malignancy; 75. Endocrine morbidity of cancer therapy; 76. The treatment of endocrine-responsive tumours; Part 18: Endocrine Manifestations of Systemic Disease: 77. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the liver; 78. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the kidney; 79. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the heart; 80. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the lungs; 81. Endocrine manifestations in haemoglobinopathies; 82. The endocrinology of mental disease; Part 19: Protocols for Common Endocrine Tests: 83. Protocols for common endocrine tests; Part 20: History of Endocrinology: Notes on the history of endocrinology; Index