Endocrinopathies of Transplant Medicine

This issue of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America is an exceptionally unique and very valuable addition to the literature. It covers the subject of organ transplant and how it affects and is affected by endocrine disorders. Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome are covered most thoroughly, with topics such as diabetes mellitus after solid organ transplant, immunosuppressive agents and glucose metabolism, glycemic control in patients with post-transplant diabetes mellitus, pancreas-kidney and pancreas transplant for treatment of diabetes, pancreatic islet cell transplant for treatment of diabetes, preemptive kidney transplant in patients with diabetes, use of insulin sensitizers in NASH, cardiac allograft vasculopathy and the metabolic syndrome. Other topics included are post-transplant osteoporosis, calcium and bone metabolism pre- and post-kidney transplantation, and interferon treatment and thyroid dysfunction.