Basic Medical Endocrinology: Third Edition - Softcover

Goodman, H. Maurice

9780123886156: Basic Medical Endocrinology: Third Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123886155 ISBN 13: 9780123886156

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

Basic Medical Endocrinology, Third Edition provides up-to-date coverage of rapidly unfolding advances in the understanding of hormones involved in regulating most aspects of bodily functions. The discussion focuses on molecular and cellular aspects of hormone production and action firmly rooted in the context of integrative physiology. Topics are approached from the perspective of a physiologist with four decades of teaching experience. This book is richly illustrated with both descriptive schematic diagrams and laboratory findings obtained in clinical studies. Each of the thirteen in-depth chapters starts with an 'Overview' of the topic and ends with a 'Suggested Reading' list.

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Book Description:

Up-to-date summaries and comprehensive coverage of rapidly developing fields presented in easily readable style!

About the Author:

Dr. Goodman has forty-five years of experience teaching endocrinology and physiology to medical students at Harvard Medical School and at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has been engaged in NIH funded research in endocrinology for 40 years and published more than 150 articles in leading endocrinology journals. He is the founding Chairman of his department at UMass and has recently retired as Chairman after serving for 36 years.

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