Endocrinology and Metabolism

Philip Felig, MD (affiliated with Lennox Hill Hospital) is probably the number one endocrinologist in New York and a world authority. The fact that he is in clinical practice is actually the strength of the book.

Part I: General Endocrinology.Introduction to the Endocrine System.The Clinical Manifestations of Endocrine Disease.Gene Expression and Recombinant DNA in Endocrinology and Metabolism.Biosynthesis, Secretion, and Metabolism of Hormones.Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Action: Control of Target Cell Function by Peptide, Steroid, and Thyroid Hormones.Hormone Assays.Part II: Neuroendocrinology and the Pituitary.Neuroendocrine Physiology and Disease.Diseases of the Anterior Pituitary.Posterior Pituitary.Part III: Thyroid Disease.The Thyroid: Physiology, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, and the Painful Thyroid.The Thyroid: Nodules and Neoplasia.Part IV: Adrenal Disease.The Adrenal Cortex.Diseases of the Sympathochromaffin System.The Endocrinology of Hypertension.Glucocorticoid Therapy.Part V: Gonadal Disease.The Testis.The Ovary: Basic Principles and Concepts.A: Physiology.B: Clinical.Sexual Differentiation.Part VI: Fuel Metabolism.The Endocrine Pancreas: Diabetes Mellitus.Hypoglycemia.The Obesities.Disorders of Lipid Metabolism.Part VII: Calcium and Bone Metabolism.Mineral Metabolism.Metabolic Bone Disease.Nephrolithiasis.Part VIII: Miscellaneous Disorders.Disorders of Growth and Development.Gastrointestinal Hormones and Carcinoid Tumors and Syndrome.Multiglandular Endocrine Disorders.Ectopic Hormone Production.Hormone-Responsive Tumors.Prostaglandins, Kallikreins and Kinins, and Bartter's Syndrome.Endocrinology of Aging.Endocrinology of Behaviour and Psychiatric Disorders.Hormones and Athletic Performance.