Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children
FIGURE 26-1. Height velocity chart for boys aged 0 to 19 years. Centiles 3 to 97 illustrated with 50th centile in bold. Shaded zone, Variation in timing of pubertal growth…
Hypothyroidism and Myxedema Coma
FIGURE 85-1. Individual and median values of thyroid function tests in various grades of primary hypothyroidism. Interrupted horizontal lines indicate upper (thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH]) and lower (free thyroxine [FT4] and…
Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Prediction, and Prevention
FIGURE 40-1. Pathophysiologic mechanisms and clinical presentations in type 1 diabetes mellitus. The clinical presentation in T1DM can be classical or emergency diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), depending on the extent of…
Gonadal Peptides: Inhibins, Activins, Follistatin, Müllerian-Inhibiting Substance (Antimüllerian Hormone)
FIGURE 116-1. Schema of the structures of inhibin, the α subunit containing peptide pro-αC, αN, activin, and follistatin. Note that 31-kD inhibin is derived from the 58-kD form by proteolytic…
Endocrine Aspects of Critical Care Medicine
FIGURE 114-1. Nocturnal serum concentration profiles of growth hormone (GH) illustrate the differences between the acute phase and the chronic phase of critical illness in an intensive care setting. (From…
Anatomy and Development of the Thyroid
FIGURE 72-1. Gross anatomy of the thyroid. A, Anterior view. B, Posterior view. In a normal adult, the entire gland is approximately 6 to 7 cm wide, 3 to 4 cm long,…
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormones
FIGURE 115-1. The primary amino acid sequences of naturally occurring decapeptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) structural variants spanning approximately 600 million years of evolution. Boxed regions show the conserved aminoterminal and…
Multinodular Goiter
FIGURE 87-1. Classification of thyroid nodules on the basis of results from clonality studies. Such studies imply that most thyroid nodules are “true” thyroid tumors compared with polyclonal hyperplastic nodules….
Diabetes Control, Long-Term Complications, and Large Vessel Disease
FIGURE 51-1. Association between mean glucose level as measured by level of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and presence of retinopathy in older patients (55 to 75 years) with type 2 diabetes…
Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome, Cryptorchidism, Hypospadias, and Testicular Tumors
FIGURE 138-1. Schematic representation of the pathogenesis and clinical representations of testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS). (Modified from Skakkebæk NE, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Jørgensen N, et al: Testicular cancer trends as “whistle…
