Genetic diagnosis of endocrine disorders /
Genetic diagnosis of endocrine disorders, Second edition provides users with a comprehensive reference that is organized by endocrine grouping (i.e., thyroid, pancreas, parathyroid, pituitary, adrenal, and reproductive and bone), discussing the genetic and molecular basis for the diagnosis of variou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Genetic diagnosis of endocrine disorders, Second edition provides users with a comprehensive reference that is organized by endocrine grouping (i.e., thyroid, pancreas, parathyroid, pituitary, adrenal, and reproductive and bone), discussing the genetic and molecular basis for the diagnosis of various disorders. The book emphasizes the practical nature of diagnosing a disease, including which tests should be done for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in adults and children, which genes should be evaluated for subjects with congenital hypothyroidism, which genetic tests should be ordered in obese patients or for those with parathyroid carcinoma, and the rationale behind testing for multiple endocrine neoplasias. |
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of: Genetic diagnosis of endocrine disorders / edited by Roy E. Weiss, Samuel Refetoff. 1st ed. 2010. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 433 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780128008928 012800892X |