Autoimmune Diseases In Endocrinology (contemporary Endocrinology)

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This is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The first section details the basic mechanism of autoimmunity and examines immunogenetic and environmental factors in autoimmunity. The next section examines autoimmune thyroid disease. The third section takes a look at Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In the final section, authors explain other autoimmune endocrinopathies.

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Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology Contemporary Endocrinology P. Michael Conn, SERIES EDITOR Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology, edited by ANTHONY P. WEETMAN, 2008 Energy Metabolism and Obesity: Research and Clinical Applications, edited by PATRICIA A. DONOHOUE, 2008 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Current Controversies, from the Ovary to the Pancreas, edited by ANDREA DUNAIF, JEFFREY R. CHANG, STEPHEN FRANKS, AND RICHARD S. LEGRO, 2008 The Metabolic Syndrome: Epidemiology, Clinical Treatment, and Underlying Mechanisms, edited by BARBARA C. HANSEN AND GEORGE A. BRAY, 2008 Genomics in Endocrinology: DNA Microarray Analysis in Endocrine Health and Disease, edited by STUART HANDWERGER AND BRUCE ARONOW, 2007 Controversies in Treating Diabetes: Clinical and Research Aspects, edited by DEREK LEROITH AND AARON I. VINIK, 2007 When Puberty is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects, edited by ORA H. PESCOVITZ AND EMILY C. WALVOORD, 2007 Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation and Treatment, edited by JOHN E. NESTLER, EVANTHIA DIAMANTI-KANDARAKIS, RENATO PASQUALI D. PANDIS, 2007 AND Hypertension and Hormone Mechanisms, edited by ROBERT M. CAREY, 2007 The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease, edited by ANITA H. PAYNE AND MATTHEW PHILLIP HARDY, 2007 Treatment of the Obese Patient, edited by ROBERT F. KUSHNER AND DANIEL H. BESSESEN, 2007 Androgen Excess Disorders in Women: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Other Disorders, Second Edition, edited by RICARDO AZZIS, JOHN E. NESTLER, AND DIDIER DEWAILLY, 2006 Evidence-Based Endocrinology, edited by VICTOR M. MONTORI, 2006 Stem Cells in Endocrinology, edited by LINDA B. LESTER, 2005 Office Andrology, edited by PHILLIP E. PATTON AND DAVID E. BATTAGLIA, 2005 Male Hypogonadism: Basic, Clinical, and Therapeutic Principles, edited by STEPHEN J. WINTERS, 2004 Androgens in Health and Disease, edited by CARRIE J. BAGATELL AND WILLIAM J. BREMNER, 2003 Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice, edited by A. WAYNE MEIKLE, 2003 Early Diagnosis of Endocrine Diseases, edited by ROBERT S. BAR, 2003 Type I Diabetes: Etiology and Treatment, edited by MARK A. SPERLING, 2003 Handbook of Diagnostic Endocrinology, edited by JANET E. HALL AND LYNNETTE K. NIEMAN, 2003 Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide, edited by SALLY RADOVICK AND MARGARET H. MACGILLIVRAY, 2003 Diseases of the Thyroid, 2nd ed., edited by LEWIS E. BRAVERMAN, 2003 Developmental Endocrinology: From Research to Clinical Practice, edited by ERICA A. EUGSTER AND ORA HIRSCH PESCOVITZ, 2002 Osteoporosis: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management, edited by ERIC S. ORWOLL AND MICHAEL BLIZIOTES, 2002 Challenging Cases in Endocrinology, edited by MARK E. MOLITCH, 2002 Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: Research and Clinical Applications, edited by ANDREA MANNI AND MICHAEL F. VERDERAME, 2002 Transgenics in Endocrinology, edited by MARTIN MATZUK, CHESTER W. BROWN KUMAR, 2001 AND T. RAJENDRA Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in Mammals, edited by DON P. WOLF AND MARY ZELINSKI-WOOTEN, 2001 Adrenal Disorders, edited by ANDREW N. MARGIORIS AND GEORGE P. CHROUSOS, 2001 Endocrine Oncology, edited by STEPHEN P. ETHIER, 2000 Endocrinology of the Lung: Development and Surfactant Synthesis, edited by CAROLE R. MENDELSON, 2000 Sports Endocrinology, edited by MICHELLE P. WARREN AND NAAMA W. CONSTANTINI
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