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xiii, 513 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
The human adrenal gland: aspects of structure, function, and pathology / Anne M. McNicol -- Control of adrenal growth / Fernando E. Estivariz, Philip J. Lowry, and Susan Jackson -- Blood flow and hormone secretion in the adrenal gland / G.P. Vinson and J.P. Hinson -- Fetal and neonatal adrenocortical development / Jeremy S.D. Winter -- Adrenal cortical function during pregnancy / Shree Mulay and Samuel Solomon -- Biosynthesis of adrenocortical steroids / Robert Fraser -- The control of ACTH secretion / Julia C. Buckingham, Terence Smith, and Helen D. Loxley -- Regulation of aldosterone secretion / Stephen J. Quinn and Gordon H. Williams -- Regulation of expression of adrenocortical enzymes / Evan R. Simpson and Michael R. Waterman -- The metabolism of adrenal cortical steroids / Alexander C. Brownie -- Atrial natriuretic peptide and the adrenal cortex / Giuseppe Opocher and Franco Mantero -- Biochemistry of steroid hypertension / Christopher J. Kenyon and Robert Fraser -- Autoimmune aspects of Addison's Disease / Nico M. Wulffraat, Hemmo A. Drexhage, and Gian Franco Bottazzo.
(cont.) Cushing's Syndrome / Brian R. Walker and Christopher R.W. Edwards -- Testing adrenocortical function / Vivian H.T. James -- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia / Phyllis W. Speiser, Perrin C. White, and Maria I. New -- Mineralocorticoid excess / Peter F. Semple -- Isolated hypoaldosteronism / Frances Short and Vivian H.T. James -- Adrenal virilism / A. Vermeulen and R. Rubens -- Pharmacology of synthetic glucocorticoids: alternate day glucocorticoid therapy 30 years later / Felix J. Frey and Brigitte M. Frey -- The biochemistry of adrenal cortical tumors / Dale A. Freeman -- The adrenal medullae / Philip E. Cryer.
Includes bibliographical references and index.