SECTION 13 Endocrine disorders

13.1 Principles of hormone action 2245 Rob Fowkes, V. Krishna Chatterjee, and Mark Gurnell ESSENT...

13.10 Hormonal manifestations of nonendocrine disease 2541 ESSENTIALS Tumours (usually but not in...

13.11 The pineal gland and melatonin 2553 ESSENTIALS The pineal gland transduces light–​dark cycl...

13.2 Pituitary disorders 2258

13.2.1 Disorders of the anterior pituitary gland 2258 Niki Karavitaki and John A.H. Wass CONTENTS...

13.2.2 Disorders of the posterior pituitary gland 2277 13.2.2  Disorders of the posterior pituita...

13.3 Thyroid disorders 2284

13.3.1 The thyroid gland and disorders of thyroid function 2284 CONTENTS 13.3.1 The thyroid gland...

13.3.2 Thyroid cancer 2302 SECTION 13  Endocrine disorders 2302 Bernal J, Guadaño-​Ferraz A, Mort...

13.4 Parathyroid disorders and diseases altering calcium metabolism 2313 ESSENTIALS The control o...

13.5 Adrenal disorders 2331

13.5.1 Disorders of the adrenal cortex 2331 Mark Sherlock and Mark Gurnell CONTENTS 13.5.1 Disor...

13.5.2 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia 2360 Nils P. Krone and Ieuan A. Hughes SECTION 13  Endocrin...

13.6 Reproductive disorders 2374

13.6.1 Ovarian disorders 2374 Stephen Franks, Kate Hardy, and Lisa J. Webber CONTENTS 13.6.1 Ova...

13.6.2 Disorders of male reproduction and male hypogonadism 2386 section 13  Endocrine disorders ...

13.6.3 Benign breast disease 2406 section 13  Endocrine disorders 2406 FURTHER READING Fernandez-...

13.6.4 Sexual dysfunction 2408 section 13  Endocrine disorders 2408 percutaneous drainage under u...

13.7 Disorders of growth and development 2416

13.7.1 Normal growth and its disorders 2416 CONTENTS 13.7.1 Normal growth and its disorders  241...

13.7.2 Normal puberty and its disorders 2428 section 13  Endocrine disorders 2428 Constitutionall...

13.7.3 Normal and abnormal sexual differentiation 2435 13.7.3  Normal and abnormal sexual differe...

13.8 Pancreatic endocrine disorders and multiple endocrine neoplasia 2449 ESSENTIALS Pancreatic n...

13.9 Diabetes and hypoglycaemia 2464

13.9.1 Diabetes 2464 CONTENTS 13.9.1 Diabetes  2464 Colin Dayan and Julia Platts 13.9.2 Hypogly...

13.9.2 Hypoglycaemia 2531 13.9.2  Hypoglycaemia 2531 long-​term survival after acute myocardial i...