. Endocrinology

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Oxford Desk Reference: Endocrinology
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1 Principles of endocrinology
	1.1 Hormones, receptors, and signalling
	1.2 Hormone measurements: Assays
	1.3 Hormone measurements: Hormone-​binding proteins
	1.4 Hormone measurements: Biological matrices for hormone measurement
	1.5 Autoimmunity and the endocrine system
	1.6 Genetic endocrine disorders
	1.7 Geographic and ethnic variation in endocrine disorders
2 Thyroid hormone metabolism
	2.1 Physiology
	2.2 Thyroid investigations
	2.3 Imaging and localization of the thyroid
	2.4 Approach to the assessment of disorders of thyroid hormone homeostasis
	2.5 Hyperthyroidism
	2.6 Thyroiditis
	2.7 Hypothyroidism
	2.8 Thyroid nodules and cancer
3 Pituitary gland
	3.1 Anatomy and physiology
	3.2 Genetic testing for pituitary adenomas
	3.3 Pituitary imaging and localization
	3.4 Approach to the assessment of disorders of pituitary hormone homeostasis
	3.5 Prolactinomas
	3.6 Acromegaly
	3.7 Cushing’s disease
	3.8 Non-​functioning pituitary tumours
	3.9 Gonadotroph adenomas
	3.10 Thyrotrophinomas
	3.11 Pituitary incidentalomas
	3.12 Pituitary carcinoma
	3.13 Craniopharyngioma and parasellar cysts
	3.14 Pituitary apoplexy
	3.15 Surgical treatment
	3.16 Pituitary radiotherapy
	3.17 Parasellar pituitary conditions
4 Posterior pituitary gland
	4.1 Diabetes insipidus
	4.2 Hyponatraemia
	4.3 Syndrome of inappropriate anti-​diuretic hormone secretion
	4.4 Disorders of hypothalamic dysfunction
5 Pineal gland
	5.1 Melatonin and pineal tumours
6 Adrenal gland
	6.1 Adrenal anatomy and physiology
	6.2 Laboratory investigation of adrenal disease
	6.3 Imaging the adrenal glands
	6.4 Primary aldosteronism
	6.5 Mineralocorticoid hypertension
	6.6 Liddle syndrome
	6.7 Bartter and Gitelman syndromes
	6.8 Cushing’s syndrome and autonomous cortisol secretion
	6.9 Adrenal incidentalomas
	6.10 Adrenal carcinoma
	6.11 Addison’s disease
	6.12 Glucocorticoid replacement
	6.13 Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome
	6.14 Phaeochromocytoma
	6.15 Adrenal surgery
7 Female hormone metabolism
	7.1 Anatomy and physiology
	7.2 Investigation
	7.3 Imaging of functional ovarian tumours
	7.4 Polycystic ovary syndrome
	7.5 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
	7.6 Androgen-​secreting tumours
	7.7 Primary ovarian failure and premature ovarian insufficiency
	7.8 Turner syndrome
	7.9 Approach to the assessment of disorders of menstrual function
8 Male hormone metabolism
	8.1 Anatomy and physiology
	8.2 Investigation
	8.3 Primary hypogonadism
	8.4 Secondary hypogonadism
	8.5 Erectile dysfunction
	8.6 Gynaecomastia
9 Disorders of gender and fertility
	9.1 Disorders of sex development
	9.2 Gender dysphoria
	9.3 Male and female infertility
10 Endocrine disorders in pregnancy
	10.1 Thyroid disorders in pregnancy
	10.2 Adrenal disease in pregnancy
	10.3 Pituitary adenomas in pregnancy
11 Mineral metabolism
	11.1 Anatomy and physiology
	11.2 Investigations
	11.3 Hypercalcaemia
	11.4 Inherited primary hyperparathyroidism
	11.5 Hypocalcaemia
	11.6 Disorders of phosphate homeostasis: Hypophosphataemia, including X-​linked hypophosphataemic rickets
	11.7 Disorders of phosphate homeostasis: Hyperphosphataemia, including tumoural calcinosis
	11.8 Disorders of phosphate homeostasis: Chronic kidney disease–​mineral and bone disorder
12 Bone
	12.1 Anatomy and physiology
	12.2 Investigation of metabolic bone disease: Biochemical markers of bone turnover
	12.3 Investigation of metabolic bone disease: Bone densitometry
	12.4 Investigation of metabolic bone disease: Bone imaging
	12.5 Investigation of metabolic bone disease: Bone biopsy
	12.6 Osteoporosis
	12.7 Focal bone disorders
	12.8 Osteogenesis imperfecta
	12.9 Sclerosing bone disorders
	12.10 Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
13 Endocrine oncology and neuroendocrine disorders
	13.1 General introduction
	13.2 Neuroendocrine imaging
	13.3 Small bowel neuroendocrine tumours (‘carcinoids’)
	13.4 Insulinomas
	13.5 Gastrinomas
	13.6 Glucagonomas
	13.7 VIPomas
	13.8 Somatostatinomas
	13.9 Ectopic hormone production
	13.10 Endocrine function following chemotherapy and radiotherapy
14 Inherited endocrine syndromes and multiple endocrine neoplasia
	14.1 McCune–​Albright syndrome
	14.2 Endocrine tumours in neurofibromatosis type 1
	14.3 Von Hippel–​Lindau disease
	14.4 Carney complex
	14.5 Cowden syndrome
	14.6 POEMS syndrome
	14.7 Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
	14.8 Multiple endocrine neoplasia types 2 and 4
15 Endocrinology of metabolism
	15.1 Hypoglycaemia
	15.2 Obesity
	15.3 Eating disorders and starvation
	15.4 Sports and endocrinology
	15.5 Possible endocrine syndromes
16 Hormone resistance syndromes
	16.1 Resistance to thyroid hormone
	16.2 Androgen insensitivity syndrome
	16.3 Primary generalized glucocorticoid resistance, or Chrousos syndrome
	16.4 Adrenocorticotrophic-​hormone resistance syndromes
	16.5 Aldosterone resistance
17 Endocrinology of different age groups
	17.1 Adolescents in endocrinology
	17.2 Endocrinology and ageing
18 Endocrine investigation, nursing, and dietetics
	18.1 Laboratory investigations in endocrine disorders
	18.2 The role of the endocrine specialist nurse
	18.3 Endocrine dietetics
19 Patient advice and reference
	19.1 Diagrams for explanation to patients
	19.2 Bone and mineral metabolism
	19.3 Clinical genetics
	19.4 Patient support and information resource
20 Speedy reference
	20.1 Indications for treatment of subclinical hyperthyroidism
	20.2 Differentiated thyroid cancer follow-​up
	20.3 Indications for growth-​hormone treatment
	20.4 Follow-​up of pituitary tumours
	20.5 Management of osteoporosis
	20.6 Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes
	20.7 Hyperglycaemia
	20.8 Hyperlipidaemia
	20.9 Hypertension
21 Medico-​legal aspects
	21.1 Medico-​legal issues: Confidentiality, documentation, risk explanation, and consent
	21.2 DVLA regulations
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