Endocrine diseases : risk factors, diagnosis and management / Kenneth Hines, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hines, Kenneth, editor.

Series:

Endocrinology research and clinical developments.

Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endocrine glands--Diseases.

Endocrine glands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Biomedical, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The human body's endocrine system includes eight major glands, which make hormones and travel through the bloodstream to tissues or organs. In this book, the authors' focus on the risk factors, genetics, diagnosis and management of gynecomastia (a benign condition characterized by enlargement of the male breast) and addresses the puzzling controversies surrounding menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and its health outcomes, which have been the subject of extensive investigation in recent years. The book concludes with a bibliography on recent titles published in the field that readers

Contents:

ENDOCRINE DISEASES: RISK FACTORS, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASES: RISK FACTORS, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Gynecomastia: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Management; Histology; Physiopathology; Causes of Gynecomastia; Evaluation; Medical Treatment; Surgical Treatment; References; Chapter 2: Etiopathogenesis and Genetics of Gynecomastia; Abstract; Introduction; Definitions; Physiology of Male Mammary Gland; A. Mammary Development; B. Effect of Sex Hormones in Male Breast

a. Origin of Sex Hormones in Malesb. Effect of Estrogens and Androgens in the Male Breast; Etiopathogenesis; Physiologic Gynecomastia; A. Neonatal Gynecomastia; B. Pubertal Gynecomastia; C. Scenescent Gynecomastia; Pathologic Gynecomastia; A. Systemic Diseases; Malnourishment-Refeeding Gynecomastia; Chronic Kidney Failure and Dialysis; Liver Diseases; Tumor Associated Gynecomastia; B. Endocrinological Diseases; Thyroid Dysfunction; Hypogonadism Related Gynecomastia; C. Exogenous or Acquired Causes; Environmental Gynecomastia; Lifestyle Gynecomastia; Medication Related Gynecomastia

Miscellaneous Reasons of GynecomastiaPrepubertal and Pubertal Pathologic Gynecomastia; Genetic Diseases Associated with Gynecomastia; Klinefelter's Syndrome; Aromatase Excess Syndrome; 11β-Hydroxylase and 21-Hydroxylase Deficiencies; Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome; Borgeson-Forssman-Lehman Syndrome; Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy; Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome; Gene Polymorphisms and Gynecomastia; References; Chapter 3: Clinical and Molecular Solutions to the Puzzling Controversies of Hormone Replacement Therapy; Abstract; Introduction

Milestones on the Route of HRT Studies in the XXIst CenturyDifferent Mechanisms May Affect the Risk of Breast Cancer via Deficient Estrogen Signaling; Age-Related Defects of Estrogen Signaling Affecting the Risk of Breast Cancer; Correlations between Reproductive Failure, Defective Estrogen Signaling; and the Risk of Breast Cancer; Metabolic Syndrome and Type-2 Diabetes Are Associated with the Defect of Estrogen Signaling and; Breast Cancer Risk; Obesity Mediates Breast Cancer Risk; via Defective Estrogen Signaling; and Insulin Resistance

Poor Natural Light Exposure Confers Increased Breast Cancer Risk for African-American Women via Defective Estrogen SignalingBRCA Gene Mutations Induce High Breast Cancer Risk by Defective Estrogen Signaling; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63483-064-4