Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-171949.

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Ultrastructure of Endocrine Glands -- Ultrastructure of the Interstitial Cells of Leydig, Stimulated and Unstimulated -- The Chemistry of the Steroid Hormones -- The Biosynthesis of Steroid Hormones: A Summary of Present Concepts -- Interconversions Among Steroid Hormones and Precursors -- Mechanisms of Action of Steroid Hormones at the Molecular Level -- The Mechanism of Action of Protein and Polypeptide Hormones -- Principles of the Bioassay of Hormones -- Principles of Radioimmunoassay of Hormones -- Measurement of Steroids by Competitive Protein Binding (Procedures for Measurements of 17-Hydroxy Progesterone and 17-Hydroxy Pregnenolone) -- Biological Methods for the Measurement of Gonadotrophin in Man and Their Clinical Application -- Microchemical Methods for Determination of Urinary Gonadotrophin Activity -- Immunologic Methods for the Measurement of Gonadotrophins in Biologic Fluids in Man -- Double Antibody Radioimmunoassay for Plasma Gonadotrophins -- Demonstration and the Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator -- Measurement of the Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator -- Radioimmunoassay of Human Thyrotropin -- General Application of the Radioimmunoassay of Growth Hormone -- Assay of Human Growth Hormone in Plasma -- Biosynthesis of Thyroglobulin in Normal and Abnormal Human Thyroid Tissue -- Thyroxine-Binding Proteins in Serum -- Evaluation of Thyroid Function -- Analysis of Serum Hormonal Iodine -- Measurement of Triiodothyronine in Serum -- Measurement of Liothyronine Binding Capacity of Serum -- Radioisotopic Methods for the Evaluation of Thyroid Function with Special Reference to the Autonomous Thyroid Nodule -- Measurement of Thyrocalcitonin -- Clinical Considerations in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease -- Radioimmunoassay of Parathyroid Hormone -- Estimations of Parathyroid Function -- Laboratory Aids in the Diagnosis of Hypoparathyroidism -- Renal Lesions in Hyperparathyroidism -- The Chemical Nature of Insulin and Its Reaction with Cells -- Solid-Phase Radioimmunoassay of Insulin -- The Immunoassay of Insulin and Growth Hormone in Human Plasma with Dextran-Coated Charcoal -- Clinical Considerations of Insulin in the Blood in Normal and Pathological Conditions -- Measurement of Proinsulin, C-Peptide and Insulin in Serum and Urine -- Physiologic Role of Glucagon -- A Radioimmunoassay for Glucagon -- Tolerance Tests for Evaluation of Carbohydrate Metabolism -- The Effect of Aging on the Glucose Tolerance Test -- Measurement of Lactic and Pyruvic Acids in Biological Fluids -- Mechanism of Ketotic and Non-Ketotic Comas in Diabetes Mellitus. The Differential Diagnosis of Comas in Diabetes Mellitus -- Neoplasms of the Pancreatic Islets -- The Chemical Nature, Biosynthesis and Metabolism of the Catecholamines -- Measurement of Serum and Urine Catecholamines and Metabolites -- Measurement of Vanilmandelic Acid in Urine -- Measurement of Renin and Angiotensin -- The Differential Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism: Review of Current Diagnostic Criteria -- Measurement of Aldosterone -- The Chemical Measurement of Serum Cortisol -- Cortisol Secretion Rates in Normal Subjects and Pathological Conditions -- Measurement of Cortisol Secretion Rates -- Résumé of Methodology of 17-Ketosteroids and 17-Ketogenic Steroids -- Chemical Measurements of Urinary 17-Ketosteroids and 17-Ketogenic Steroids -- Methods for the Diagnosis of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia -- Gas Chromatographic Separation and Determination of 17-Ketosteroids, Pregnanediol, and Pregnanetriol -- Determination of Urinary Pregnanolone, Pregnanediol and Pregnanetriol by Gas-Liquid Chromatography -- The Measurement of Testosterone and Androstenedione in Biological Fluids (Electron-Capture Gas-Liquid Chromatography) -- Clinical Considerations of 17-Ketosteroid and Testosterone Measurements -- The Clinical Usefulness of Testosterone Measurements in Virilizing Syndromes in Women -- Measurement of Estrone, Estradiol and Estriol in Human Nonpregnancy Urine -- Clinical Considerations of Measurements of Estrogen and Its Metabolites -- Gonadotrophin Therapy: Prevention of Ovarian Hyperstimulation by Laboratory Monitoring -- Vaginal Hormonal Cytology -- Immunochemical Pregnancy Tests -- Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) in Trophoblastic Disease -- Methods for Measuring Human Placental Lactogen -- Neural Control of Melatonin-Forming Systems in the Pineal Gland -- Physiological Considerations of the Hypothalamus