This work is the first prize winner in the Endocrinology category in the BMA 2006 Book competition! It is a highly illustrated textbook of diabetes and endocrinology for medical students and junior doctors.
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General endocrinology Introduction The thyroid The thyroid: basic concepts Growths: goitres and cancer Hyperthyroidism Hypothyroidism The pituitary The pituitary: basic concepts Hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus Non-functioning pituitary and hypothalamic tumours Functioning tumours Obesity and hypothalamic regulation of weight Non-endocrine illness and hormones The adrenal gland Adrenal and endocrine hypertension: basic concepts Primary hypoadrenalism: Addison's disease Conn's syndrome Cushing's syndrome Adrenocortical adenomas and carcinomas Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Adrenal medulla: phaeochromocytoma Sex and fertility Sex and fertility: basic concepts Male hypogonadism Female hypogonadism Polycystic ovarian syndrome Infertility Pancreas Endocrine pancreas Calcium and bone Calcium and bone: basic concepts Hypercalcaemia Hypocalcaemia Osteoporosis Diabetes mellitus Basic principles What is diabetes? Glucose homeostasis and insulin action Type 1 diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes mellitus Prevention and screening for diabetes mellitus Complications of diabetes mellitus Complications I: basic concepts Complications II: pathophysiology Avoiding vascular complications Diabetic neuropathy Examining the patient Principles of examination Managing complications Management of neuropathy and infections Management of erectile dysfunction The diabetic foot Diabetic eye disease The diabetic kidney Emergencies in diabetes mellitus Managing the disease Principles of management Non-pharmacological management Pharmacological treatment I Pharmacological treatment II Insulin treatment I Insulin treatment II Hypoglycaemia resulting from treatment Sex and pregnancy Problems in neonates and children The elderly and ethnic groups
