Endocrine Hypertension, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
This important issue of Endocrinology Clinics is devoted to the unique topic of endocrine-adrenal and steroid hypertension. The following topics are covered. An overview of endocrine systems and hypertension; accuracy and cost effectiveness of screening for adrenal-endocrine hypertension; pheochromocytoma and related chromaffin cell tumors in adreno-medullary disease; variants, detection, and treatment of Cushing's Syndrome; how glucocorticoids cause hypertension and cardiovascular disease; primary aldosteronism, Conn's diagnosis and management; familial or genetic primary aldosteronism in Gordon's Sydrome; Liddle's Syndrome, Bartter, Gitelman, and related disorders of high and low pressure and pregnancy-related hypertension due to MR mutation; glucocorticoid remediable hypertension; low rennin hypertension in childhood; ovarian hypertension and PCOS; and oral contraceptives and hypertension.
ISBN | 9781455704415 |
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Author Information | By Lawrence Krakoff, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center |
Publication Date | 13-06-2011 |
Pages | 216 |
Trim | 229 x 152 (6 x 9) |
Stock Status | In Stock |
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