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Endocrinology : People and Ideas /

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This volume describes the principal ideas and developments in endocrinology from the time of Aristotle through the most recent discoveries. Over the years, the field has involved an intertwining of information gained though clinical medicine with physiology, biochemistry, and genetics to discover a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCann, S. M.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1988.
Series:People and Ideas.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Human physiology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Vasopressin and Regulation of Water Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Function
  • Anterior Pituitary Neural Control Concepts
  • Saga of the Discovery of Hypothalamic Releasing and Inhibiting Hormones
  • Gonadotropins
  • Pituitary-Adrenal System
  • Prolactin
  • Defining Thyroid Hormone: Its Nature and Control
  • Endocrine Function of the Ovary
  • Pineal Gland
  • Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin
  • A View of the History of Biology From an Islet of Langerhans
  • Mechanism of Hormone Action
  • Receptors: Birth, Eclipse, and Rediscovery
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor: A Hormone From the Heart
  • Comparative Endocrinology.