PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND PREGNANCY
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND PREGNANCY Part of “CHAPTER 110 – ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY“ Some patients with pheochromocytoma have such infrequent episodes that suspicion of the condition first arises with an increase…
ADRENAL CORTEX AND PREGNANCY
ADRENAL CORTEX AND PREGNANCY Part of “CHAPTER 110 – ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY“ Cortisol levels rise progressively over the course of gestation, resulting in a two- to three-fold increase by…
CALCIUM BALANCE DURING PREGNANCY
CALCIUM BALANCE DURING PREGNANCY Part of “CHAPTER 110 – ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY“ Twenty-five to 30 g of calcium is transferred from the mother to the fetus during gestation; ˜300…
THYROID GLAND AND PREGNANCY
THYROID GLAND AND PREGNANCY Part of “CHAPTER 110 – ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY“ Numerous changes occur in the thyroid gland and in the levels of thyroid hormones during pregnancy.42 When…
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND AND PREGNANCY
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND AND PREGNANCY Part of “CHAPTER 110 – ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY“ The normal pituitary gland enlarges during pregnancy, predominantly because of the estrogen-stimulated hyperplasia and hypertrophy of…
POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND AND PREGNANCY
POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND AND PREGNANCY Part of “CHAPTER 110 – ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY“ ALTERATIONS IN WATER BALANCE IN PREGNANCY Pregnancy is associated with a lowering of the osmostat, the…
ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY
ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY Mark E. Molitch POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND AND PREGNANCY ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND AND PREGNANCY THYROID GLAND AND PREGNANCY Related posts: CATECHOLAMINE REMOVAL GONADOTROPIN-INDEPENDENT LEADING TO GONADOTROPIN-DEPENDENT PRECOCIOUS…
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 109 – ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PARTURITION“ Related posts: DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING TO THYROID HORMONE RESPONSE ELEMENTS DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION RADIATION AND THYROID CARCINOMA PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND MENSURATION…
INVOLUTION OF THE UTERUS—PHASE 3 OF PARTURITION
INVOLUTION OF THE UTERUS—PHASE 3 OF PARTURITION Part of “CHAPTER 109 – ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PARTURITION“ The third stage of labor is defined as the time from delivery of the baby…
STIMULATION OF THE MYOMETRIUM—PHASE 2 OF PARTURITION
STIMULATION OF THE MYOMETRIUM—PHASE 2 OF PARTURITION Part of “CHAPTER 109 – ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PARTURITION“ PROSTAGLANDINS Prostaglandins play a role in the labor process at term and pre-term in animal…
