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The thoroughly updated Endocrine Secrets, 6th Edition continues the tradition of the highly popular Secrets Series, offering fast answers to the most essential clinical endocrinology questions. A user-friendly Question and Answer format, replete with valuable pearls, tips and memory aids, helps you to learn and study efficiently. It all adds up to a perfect concise board review or handy clinical endocrinology resource.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Fuel Metabolism

·         Diabetes Mellitus

·         Acute and Chronic Complications of Diabetes

·         Intensive Insulin Therapy

·         Inpatient Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia

·         Diabetes in Pregnancy

·         Lipid Disorders

·         Obesity

Section 2: Bone and Mineral Disorders

·         Osteoporosis

·         Glucocorticoid -Induced Osteoporosis

·         Measurement of Bone Mass

·         Osteomalacia, Rickets, and Vitamin D Insufficiency

·         Paget's Disease of Bone

·         Hypercalcemia

·         Hyperparathyroidism

·         Hypercalcemia of Malignancy

·         Hypocalcemia

·         Nephrolithiasis

Section 3: Pituitary and Hypothalamic Disorders

·         Pituitary Insufficiency

·         Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors

·         Prolactin Secreting Pituitary Tumors

·         Growth Hormone Secreting Pituitary Tumors