Goodman's Basic Medical Endocrinology

Goodman's Basic Medical Endocrinology, Fifth Edition, has been student tested and approved for decades. This essential textbook provides up-to-date coverage of rapidly unfolding advances in the understanding of hormones involved in regulating most aspects of bodily functions. It is richly illustrated in full color with both descriptive schematic diagrams and laboratory findings obtained in clinical studies. This is a classic reference for moving forward into advanced study.

• Clinical case studies in every chapter
• E-book version available with every copy for obtaining images and tables for lectures or notes
• Clinicians added as co-authors to enhance usefulness by physicians and medical students and residents
• Detailed molecular biology of hormones and hormone action for graduate and advanced undergraduate students
• Expanded and updated color images emphasizing hormone action at the molecular level
• In-depth molecular biology and clinical sections boxed for ease of access

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   2. Pituitary gland
   3. Thyroid gland
   4. The adrenal glands
   5. Principles of hormone integration
   6. Hormones of the gastrointestinal tract
   7. The pancreatic islets  
   8. Hormonal regulation of fuel metabolism
   9. Regulation of salt and water balance
   10. Hormonal regulation of calcium balance
   11. Hormonal control of growth
   12. Hormonal control of reproduction in the male
   13. Hormonal control of reproduction in the female: the menstrual cycle
   14. Hormonal control of pregnancy and lactation

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