Research Catalog

Title

Adrenal disorders / edited by Andrew N. Margioris and George P. Chrousos.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Additional Authors

• Chrousos, George P.
• Margioris, Andrew N.

Description

xi, 424 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Contemporary endocrinology

Uniform Title

Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)

Subjects

• Adrenal glands > Pathophysiology
• Adrenal Gland Diseases > physiopathology
• Adrenal Cortex > physiology
• Adrenal glands > Physiology
• Adrenal Medulla > physiology
• Adrenal Cortex Diseases > physiopathology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Ontogeny of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis / Michel Grino, Nadia Dakine and Odile Paulmyer-Lacroix / [et al.] -- 2. Adrenal Organogenesis and Steroidogenesis: Role of Nuclear Receptors Steroidogenic Factor-1, DAX-1, and Estrogen Receptor / Meera S. Ramayya -- 3. Reappraisal of Adrenal Zonation Theories Based on the Differential Regulation of Apoptosis / G. W. Wolkersdorfer and S. R. Bornstein -- 4. Pharmacology of Glucocorticoids: An Overview / Achille Gravanis and Andrew N. Margioris -- 5. Glucocorticoid Catabolism and the 11[beta]-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase System / Jonathan R. Seckl -- 6. Androgens of Adrenal Origin / George Mastorakos and Anthony G. Doufas -- 7. Structure, Function, and Regulated Expression of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) Protein: Molecular Insights Into the Acute Steroidogenic Response of the Adrenals and Gonads to Trophic Stimulation / Caleb B. Kallen, Futoshi Arakane and Teruo Sugawara / [et al.] --
• 8. Regulation of Adrenocortical Function by the Sympathoadrenal System: Physiology and Pathology / Monika Ehrhart-Bornstein and Stefan R. Bornstein -- 9. Interleukin (IL)-1 Family of Cytokines and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) in the Adrenal Gland / Andrew N. Margioris, Erene Dermitzaki and Maria Venihaki / [et al.] -- 10. Overview of Hyper- and Hypocortisolism / W. W. de Herder and S. W. J. Lamberts -- 11. ACTH Resistance / Constantine Tsigos -- 12. Syndromes of Ectopic ACTH Secretion: Recent Pathophysiological Aspects / Yves de Keyzer, Marie Laure Raffin-Sanson and Agnes Picon / [et al.] -- 13. Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome / Andrew N. Margioris and George P. Chrousos -- 14. The Desmopressin Test: A New Tool in the Functional Evaluation of the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Patients with Cushing's Syndrome? / S. Tsagarakis and N. Thalassinos -- 15. Pseudo-Cushing Syndrome / Theodore Friedman --
• 16. Adrenocortical Tumors and Oncogenes / Martin Reincke -- 17. Management of Adrenal Cancer / David E. Schteingart and Dominic Homan -- 18. Adrenal Incidentalomas / Bruno Allolio -- 19. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency / Maria I. New -- 20. Steroid 11[beta]-Hydroxylase Deficiency / Perrin C. White -- 21. Micronodular Adrenal Disease and the Syndrome of Myxomas, Spotty Skin Pigmentation, and Endocrine Overactivity / Constantine A. Stratakis -- 22. Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia / Walter L. Miller -- 23. Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia / Michael Peter and Wolfgang G. Sippell -- 24. The HPA Axis and HIV Infection / Daniel S. Donovan, Jr. and Robert G. Dluhy -- 25. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Obesity / Per Bjorntorp and Roland Rosmond -- 26. Aldosterone Synthase Deficiency / Michael Peter and Wolfgang G. Sippell -- 27. Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes / Richard D. Gordon --
• 28. Pheochromocytoma: Progress in Diagnosis, Therapy, and Genetics / Karel Pacak, George P. Chrousos and Christian A. Koch / [et al.].

ISBN

0896034119 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001024380

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries