Basic Medical Endocrinology基础医学内分泌
- 作者
- 出版社 Academic Press
- 出版时间 2008年8月 第4版
- ISBN 9780123739759
- 定价 910.00
内容简介
"BasicMedicalEndocrinology,FourthEdition"providesup-to-datecoverageofrapidlyunfoldingadvancesintheunderstandingofhormonesinvolvedinregulatingmostaspectsofbodilyfunctions.Thediscussionfocusesonmolecularandcellularaspectsofhormoneproductionandactionfirmlyrootedinthecontextofintegrativephysiology.Thetopicsareapproachedfromtheperspectiveofaphysiologistwithover40yearsofteachingexperience.Thisfourtheditionisrichlyillustratedinfullcolorwithbothdescriptiveschematicdiagramsandlaboratoryfindingsobtainedinclinicalstudies.Eachofthefourteenchaptersstartswithan'Overview'ofthetopicandendswitha'SuggestedReading'list.Initialchapterslayafoundationbypresentingbasicinformationandprinciplesofhormonestructure,secretion,andactions,andthephysiologicalrolesoftheprincipalendocrineglands.Subsequentchaptersaddresstheroleoftheendocrinesysteminsolvingsuchphysiologicalproblemsastheregulationofthevolumeandcompositionofbodyfluidsinthefaceofchangingenvironmentaldemands,andtheregulationofshortandlongtermenergybalance.Thefinalchaptersdealwiththeindispensableroleofhormonesingrowth,developmentandreproduction.Itstrikesanexcellentbalancebetweensystems/organismallevelofoverviewandcellular/molecularanalysis.Itisrichlyillustratedwithover250fullcolorfigures,descriptiveschematicdiagrams,andlaboratoryfindings.Allchaptershavebeenthoroughlyrewrittenandupdated,includingnewdiscussionsofadrenalsteroidbiosynthesis,theparathyroidinosteoporosis,obesityandmetabolism,aswellasanentirelynewchapterongastrointestinalhormones.Theeditorhas45yearsofexperienceteachingendocrinologyandphysiologytomedicalstudentsatHarvardandUMass.
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