Overview
- Provides up to date information on various strategies to establish the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome
- Approaches to the differential diagnosis and specific treatments for each condition are provided
- Chapters discuss controversies in diagnosis and differential diagnosis provide a nuanced perspective of these areas
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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“This book contains 23 chapters written by 56 carefully selected experts from three continents. There are special chapters on physiology and pathophysiology of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system as well as on the etiology of Cushing’s syndrome. … Several chapters deal in detail with surgical management, adrenal directed treatment, radiation therapy and medical management. … this book gives outstanding knowledge and is enriching the contemporaneous status of art on Cushing’s syndrome.” (Endocrine Regulations, January, 2012)
“Part of the Contemporary Endocrinology series, a very comprehensive treatise on this difficult to diagnose and treat to disease. Written by multidisciplinary scientists from several countries, it reviews in 23 chapters the physiology and pathophysiology of the HPA axis, the etiology and clinical features of Cushing’s syndrome (CS), diagnostic methods and problems, the various methods of treatment and differential diagnosis including ACTH independent CS. … Clearly written and highly illustrated … . Recommended.” (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 9 (2), December, 2011)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cushing's Syndrome
Book Subtitle: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Editors: Marcello D. Bronstein
Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-449-4
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60327-448-7Published: 01 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-709-5Published: 03 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60327-449-4Published: 01 October 2010
Series ISSN: 2523-3785
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 304
Topics: Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Neurosurgery