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Author:   Shlomo Melmed (Professor of Medicine, Dean of the Medical Faculty, Cedars Sinai Health System, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   4th edition
Weight:   2.110kg
ISBN:  

9780128041697

ISBN 10:   0128041692
Pages:   714
Publication Date:   18 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780323998994
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Section I: Hypothalamic–Pituitary Function 1. Pituitary Development 2. Hypothalamic Regulation of Anterior Pituitary Function 3. Adrenocorticotrophin 4. Growth Hormone 5. Prolactin 6. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone 7. Gonadotrophin Hormones 8. The Posterior Pituitary Section II: Hypothalamic–Pituitary Disorders 9. The Hypothalamus 10. Anterior Pituitary Failure 11. Pituitary Dysfunction in Systemic Disorders 12. Drugs and Pituitary Function 13. The Pituitary Gland in Pregnancy 14. Psychiatric Disease in Hypothalamic–Pituitary Disorders Section III: Pituitary Tumors 15. Acromegaly 16. Prolactinoma 17. Cushing Disease 18. Thyrotrophin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors 19. Nonfunctioning and Gonadotrophin-Secreting Adenomas 20. Atypical Pituitary Adenomas 21. Genetics of Pituitary Tumor Syndromes 22. Nonpituitary Sellar Masses Section IV: Pituitary Procedures 23. Pituitary Imaging 24. Pituitary Surgery

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Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP, is Executive VP and Dean of the Medical Faculty at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He leads Cedars-Sinai’s research and education programs, recruiting nationally recognized faculty leadership, establishing new educational programs and maintaining the highest academic standards. Dr. Melmed holds the Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Distinguished Chair in Investigative Medicine. An international authority on pituitary medicine, he has pioneered the discovery and application of novel treatments for endocrine tumors and has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Melmed has been a faculty leader at Cedars-Sinai for nearly 40 years and has been the health system’s chief academic officer since 1998. Dr. Melmed's laboratory consistently has received competitive grant awards from the National Institutes of Health since 1980, and he has trained over 80 physicians, scientists and graduate students who occupy leading positions in academic endocrinology worldwide. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and is also an Associate Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.

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