"Contemporary Aspects of Endocrinology" ed. by Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis

This book aims to provide readers with a general as well as an advanced overview of the key trends in endocrine disorders. While covering a variety of topics ranging from thyroid carcinogenesis and pituitary adenomas to adrenal tumors and metabolic bone disease, this book also focuses on more specific issues not yet fully elucidated (e.g. the molecular pathways involved in thyrotropin beta gene regulation or monogenic phosphate balance disorders).

Readers of different fields and background will have the opportunity to update their knowledge and more importantly to clarify areas of uncertainty and controversies in several topics of endocrine disorders.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Introduction to Endocrinology
1 The Power of an Evolutionary Perspective in Studies of Endocrinology
Part 2 Pituitary Adenomas
2 The Genetics of Pituitary Adenomas
3 Acromegaly and Gigantism
4 Effects of Growth Hormone (GH) Overexpression in Signaling Cascades Involved in Promotion of Cell Proliferation and Survival
Part 3 The Thyroid Gland
5 Negative Regulation of the Thyrotropin b Gene by Thyroid Hormone
6 Clinical Management of Thyroid Nodules in the Areas of Various Iodine Supply
7 Clinical Workup of Nodular and Mass Lesions of the Endocrine Organs
8 Molecular Biology of Thyroid Cancer
9 Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer
10 Molecular Diagnostics in Treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
11 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with RET Mutations Located in Exon 8
12 Status for Congenital Hypothyroidism at Advanced Ages
Part 4 Adrenal Glands
13 Adrenal Incidentaloma and Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Clinical Guideline on Treating the Unexpected and a Plea for Specialized Care
14 Adrenal Cortex Tumors and Hyperplasias
15 Auto immunity to Steroid-Producing Cells
16 Excretion of Steroid Hormones in Rodents: An Overview on Species Differences for New Biomedical Animal Research Models
Part 5 Metabolic Bone Disease
17 New Trends in Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders - Hypoparathyroidism
18 Monogenic Phosphate Balance Disorders
19 Pseudohypoparathyroidism in Children
20 Retinoids and Bone
21 Environmental Endocrinology: Endocrine Disrupters and Endocrinopathies