The Pituitary
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-380926-1 (ISBN)
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The pituitary, albeit a small gland, is known as the "master gland" of the endocrine system and contributes to a wide spectrum of disorders, diseases, and syndromes. Since the publication of the second edition of The Pituitary, in 2002, there have been major advances in the molecular biology research of pituitary hormone production and action and there is now a better understanding of the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors and clinical syndromes resulting in perturbation of pituitary function. There have also been major advances in the clinical management of pituitary disorders. Medical researchers and practitioners now better understand the morbidity and mortality associated with pituitary hormone hyposecretion and hypersecretion. Newly developed drugs, and improved methods of delivering established drugs, are allowing better medical management of acromegaly and prolactinoma. These developments have improved the worldwide consensus around the definition of a "cure" for pituitary disease, especially hormone hypersecretion, and hence will improve the success or lack of success of various forms of therapy. It is therefore time for a new edition of The Pituitary.
The third edition will continue to be divided into sections that summarize normal hypothalamic-pituitary development and function, hypothalamic-pituitary failure, and pituitary tumors; additional sections will describe pituitary disease in systemic disorders and diagnostic procedures, including imaging, assessment of the eyes, and biochemical testing.
The first chapter will be completely new – placing a much greater emphasis on physiology and pathogenesis. Two new chapters will be added on the Radiation and Non-surgical Management of the Pituitary and Other Pituitary Lesions. Other chapters will be completely updated and many new author teams will be invited. The second edition published in 2002 and there have been incredible changes in both the research and clinical aspects of the pituitary over the past 8 years – from new advances in growth hormones to pituitary tumor therapy.
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.
Section 1 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Function
1. Functional Anatomy of the Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis
Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
2. Adrenocorticotropin
Mark A. Herman, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Joseph A. Majzoub, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Division of Endocrinology, Boston
3. Growth Hormone
Vivien S. Herman-Bonert, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Los Angeles
Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. Prolactin
Mark E. Molitch, Northwestern University Medical School, Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
5. Thyroid-stimulating Hormone
Chester E. Ridgway, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Endocrinology
6. Follicle-stimulating Hormone and Leutinizing Hormone
Ronald S. Swerdloff, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Shalender Bhasin, Drew University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
7. The Posterior Pituitary
Daniel G. Bichet, University of Montreal, Department of Medicine, Montreal
Section 2 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Dysfunction
8. The Hypothalamus
Glenn D. Braunstein, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles
9. Anterior Pituitary Failure
Charles F. Abboud, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Rochester
Sect. 3 Pituitary Tumors
10. Pituitary Surgery
Rudolf Fahlbusch, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
11. Radiation and Non-surgical Management of the Pituitary
Laurence Katznelson, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford
12. Acromegaly
Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
13. Prolactinoma
Mark E. Molitch, Northwestern University Medical School, Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
14. Cushing's Disease
Lynn Loriaux , Oregon Health & Science University, Chair, Department of Medicine, Portland
Jean–Pierre Luton, Professor of Endocrinology, Cochin Medical School, University Rene Decartes, Paris, France
15. Thyrotropin-secreting Pituitary Tumors
Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
16. Gonadotroph Adenomas
Margaret E. Wierman, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Endocrinology, Denver
Peter J. Snyder, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
17. Other Piuitary Lesions
Stephen A. Geller, UCLA, School of Medicine, Los Angeles
Section 4 Pituitary Disease in Systemic Disorders
18. Pituitary Function in Systemic Disorders
William F. Chandler, University of Michigan, Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Center, Ann Arbor
19. The Pituitary Gland in Pregnancy and the Puerperium
Errol R. Norwitz, Yale University School of Medicine, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Haven
20. Drugs and Pituitary Function
Elizabeth Ginsberg, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University Medical School
Section 5 Diagnostic Procedures
21. Pituitary Imaging
Barry D. Pressman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Chief, Section of Neuroradiology and Chairman, Department of Imaging, Los Angeles
22. Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation of Pituitary Disorders
Anthony C. Arnold, UCLA, Department of Opthalmology, Los Angeles
23. Evaluation of Normal Pituitary Function
Gillian L. Booth, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2010 |
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| Verlagsort | San Diego |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 2360 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-12-380926-6 / 0123809266 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-380926-1 / 9780123809261 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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