The hunt for the parathyroids /

• Main Author: Nordenström, Jörgen
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Subjects: Parathyroid glands.; Endocrinology > history.; Parathyroid Glands.; History, 19th Century.; History, 20th Century.; Parathyroid Diseases.; MEDICAL > Endocrinology & Metabolism.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Sandström's discovery
• Unexpected problems
• The age of glorious discoveries
• A gland in search of a function
• The calcium connection
• Hormones and organotherapy
• The priority dispute
• Immortal patients
• A disease in disguise
• The elusive hormone
• The language of god
• The pharmacological paradox.