Product Description

This concise overview of hormone biological actions introduces basic science principles and their relevance in the clinical expression of disease. Each chapter incorporates a wealth of pedagogical aids, including: study questions, learning objectives, and clinical examples.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1174561 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 298 pages

From the Back Cover
MASTERY OF CONCEPTS - NOT MEMORIZATION OF FACTS
Concise and readable, Endocrine Physiology not only explains the basic science and anatomy behind endocrine function in a clear and logical fashion, it also relates endocrine physiology to states of health and disease.

RIGHT TO THE POINT

-Offers the best review for the USMLE Step I

-Packed with self-study questions, learning objectives, and clinical examples

-Current and up-to-date basic and clinical science concepts

-Explicit diagrams of regulation of hormone release and action

-Systems approach to hormone regulation and action at target organ

-Rationales for pharmacological, surgical, or genetic interventions

-Explicit description of feedback loops involved in regulation of hormone release

-Coverage of principal hormonal systems, from the functional anatomy, synthesis and release and molecular mechanism of hormone action

-Sequential description of regulatory mechanisms of hormone release and cellular physiologic effects

-Integration of hormone systems that regulate energy metabolism, fluid homeostasis and mineral balance

About the Author
Patricia E. Molina Course Director.2001, Medical Physiology; Endocrine Physiology. Course Director; H. Miller 2001, Alcohol Research Center Training Program, Alcohol and trauma, Gregory Bagby, Program Director 2001, Allied Health Physiology; Introduction to Endocrine & GI physiology, Gregory Bagby, Course Director.