Preface

vii

List of Abbreviations

x

How to get the best out of your textbook

xii

PART 1

FOUNDATIONS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

1

1

Overview of Endocrinology

3

2

Cell Biology and Hormone Synthesis

14

3

Molecular Basis of Hormone Action

27

4

Investigations in endocrinology and diabetes

48

PART 2

ENDOCRINOLOGY - BIOLOGY TO CLINICAL PRACTICE

63

5

The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland

65

6

The Adrenal Gland

99

7

Reproductive Endocrinology

127

8

The Thyroid Gland

165

9

Calcium and Metabolic Bone Disorders

190

10

Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Endocrinology and Endocrine Neoplasia

213

PART 3

DIABETES AND OBESITY

233

11

Overview of Diabetes

235

12

Type 1 Diabetes

257

13

Type 2 Diabetes

285

14

Complications of diabetes

311

15

Obesity

343

Index

360