ENDOCRINE SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH ALL BODY SYSTEMS Part of “CHAPTER 1 – ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT“ Although speaking in terms of the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems is…
TYRANNY OF HORMONE TERMINOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 1 – ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT“ Hormones usually are named at the time of their discovery. Sometimes, the names are based on…
ROLE OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Part of “CHAPTER 1 – ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT“ Related posts: ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE HYPOPITUITARISM ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE HYPERSECRETION DIABETES INSIPIDUS REPRESSION OF BASAL…
DEFINITIONS Part of “CHAPTER 1 – ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT“ Related posts: ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE HYPOPITUITARISM ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE HYPERSECRETION DIABETES INSIPIDUS REPRESSION OF BASAL TRANSCRIPTION/COREPRESSORS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT Kenneth L. Becker Eric S. Nylén Richard H. Snider JR. DEFINITIONS ROLE OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HORMONES Related posts: ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE HYPOPITUITARISM ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC…
Inherited Dyslipoproteinemias of Various Etiologies Familial lipoprotein(a) hyperlipoproteinemia High levels of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) aggregate or segregate in families and may be associated with atherosclerotic vascular disease. In Turkey, a country…
Inherited Mixed Dyslipoproteinemias Familial combined hyperlipidemia The notion of familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH, FCHL or multiple phenotype disease or multiple lipoprotein-type hyperlipidemia) evolved in the early 1970s from the work…
Hereditary Hypertriglyceridemias Lipoprotein lipase deficiency (familial hyperchylomicronemia) Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency (OMIM No. 238600) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, which was first reported as a separate entity in Europe…
Hereditary Hypercholesterolemias Introduction The ‘familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype’ has clinical and laboratory features usually ascribed to the heterozygous form of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) (Table 1.1) secondary to a mutation of the…
