Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles of endocrinology -- Genetic control of hormone formation -- Measurement of hormones -- Mechanisms of action of hormones that act as transcription-regulatory factors -- Mechanism of action of hormones that act at the cell surface -- Pathogenesis of endocrine tumors -- Autoimmunity and the endocrine system -- Neuroendocrinology -- The anterior pituitary -- Posterior pituitary and water metabolism -- The thyroid gland -- The adrenal cortex -- Catecholamines and the adrenal medulla -- Endocrine hypertension -- Disorders of the ovaries and female reproductive tract -- Disorders of the testes and the male reproductive tract -- Endocrine disorders of the breast -- Fertility control and its complications -- Sexual function and dysfunction -- Glucose homeostasis and hypoglycemia -- Diabetes mellitus -- Eating disorders: obesity, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa -- Disorders of lipid metabolism -- Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism -- Metabolic bone disease -- Kidney stones -- Endocrine changes of pregnancy -- Endocrinology of fetal development -- Disorders of sex differentiation -- Normal and aberrant growth -- Puberty: ontogeny, neuroendocrinology, physiology, and disorders -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- Immunoendocrinopathy syndromes -- Non-insulin-secreting tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system -- Endocrine-responsive cancer -- Humoral manifestations of malignancy -- Disorders of vasodilator hormones: carcinoid syndrome and mastocytosis.