Endocrinology

Over the last 25 years it has become more and more evident that salivary gland pathology is by far the subject within head and neck pathology that ...

The revised and updated fourth edition of Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children offers a practical, highly clinical and up-to-date handb...

In 2001 Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide described the causes, diagnosis, treatment and disease course of Graves' disease and other hyperthyro...

Androgens have diverse effects at both a physiological and behavioural level. These steroid hormones are present right from the first weeks of gest...

Air pollution has been associated with significant adverse health effects, including increased morbidity and mortality. The global increase in the ...

The human body''''s endocrine system includes eight major glands, which make hormones and travel through the bloodstream to tissues or organs. In t...

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. It can occur at all ages, with the incidence peaking at 20 to 40 years. Thi...

Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid peptide mainly secreted by the stomach. To better understand the role of ghrelin signalling, this book first explores th...