Contemporary endocrinology. /

Resumen: Current basic and clinical developments in areas of endocrinology are described in authoritative essays. Each area is broadly reviewed and synthesized. Topics covered include: neuroendocrinology; anterior pituitary; the thyroid; the ovary; the testis; the adrenal cortex; renin-angiotensin-aldosterone; catecholamines and sympathoadrenal system; parathyroid hormone; and ectopic hormone syndromes. The thyroid chapter includes interrelationships, thyroid hormones (synthesis and secretion, metabolism etc.), clinical thyroidology (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, nontoxic goiter etc.) and references. (rkm).