Cutaneous Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases

• Main Author: Krause, Walter K. H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Skin lesions are often the first sign of endocrine disease. The ability to identify such lesions is thus of great importance for endocrinology specialists as well as dermatologists in the early diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disease. Lavishly illustrated, this clinical guide describes the clin...

Table of Contents:

• Posterior Pituitary Hormone, Diabetes Insipidus
• Anterior Pituitary Hormones
• Thyroid Hormones
• Disorders of Calcium Homoeostasis
• Adrenocortical Hormones
• Endocrine Hypertension, Pheochromocytoma
• Androgens
• Estrogens
• Gestagens
• Diabetes Mellitus and Glucagonoma
• Obesity
• Intestinal Hormones
• Polyendocrine Disorders
• Genetic Syndromes Including Endocrinopathies
• Endocrine Cells of the Skin.