Adrenal glands : from pathophysiology to clinical evidence [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Imaging of adrenal gland / Michelle Tsang Mui Chung and Julie H. Song -- Mechanisms integrating endoplasmic reticulum stress, cholesterol metabolism and steroid hormone biosynthesis in the adrenal cortex / Zhi-qiang Pan, Yi-yi Zhang, Vivek Choudhary and Wendy B. Bollag -- Regulation of catecholamine production from the adrenal medulla / Anastasios Lymperopoulos, Smit Chowdhary, Kamarena Sankar and Isis Simon -- Interactions of the adrenal glands with adipose tissue / Janella Leon and Atil Y. Kargi -- Hypoadrenalism: primary and secondary adrenal failure / Marianna Minnetti and Ashley B. Grossman -- Clinical management of hyperaldosteronism / Jun Yang and Peter J. Fuller -- Cushing's syndrome / Georgiana Alina Dobri, Divya Yogi-Morren and Betul A. Hatipoglu -- Pheocromocytomas and paragangliomas / Anna Heeney, Aoife J. Lowry, Rachel K. Crowley and Ruth S. Prichard -- New insights of glucocorticoids actions on the homeostatic control of energy balance and stress-related responses / Ernane Torres Uchoa, Silvia Graciela Ruginsk, Rodrigo Cesar Rorato, Beatriz de Carvalho Borges, Jose Antunes-Rodrigues and Lucila Leico K. Elias --

Role of adrenal hormones in the fetal programming of hypertension / Sandhya Khurana, Collin J. Byrne, Stephanie Mercier, Jeremy Lamothe, Chad R. Williamson, Julie Grandbois and T. C. Tai -- Adrenal cortical neoplasms: perspectives in pediatric patients / Shahrazad T. Saab and Gregory T. MacLennan -- Premature adrenarche / Alexander K. C. Leund, Kam Lun Hon and Benjamin Barankin -- Hyperandrogenism of adrenal origin / Dominik Rachon -- Functional roles of corticosterone and stress in penile morphology / Diogo B. De Souza, Dilson Silva, Celia M. Cortez, Waldemar S. Costa and Francisco J. B. Sampaio -- Glucocorticoids and neurodegeneration / Sheela Vyas, Ana Joao Rodrigues, Joana Margarida Silva, Francois Tronche, Nuno Sousa and Ioannis Sotiropoulos -- Disorders of the adrenal glands: the neurologists' point of view / Tulio Bertorini and Lihong Shen -- Adrenocortical cancer / Amudhan Pugalenthi and Eren Berber -- Adrenal leiomyomas / Prashant B. Joshi -- Rare tumors of the adrenal gland / Shahrazad T. Saab, Liang Chengand and Gregory T. MacLennan.

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