Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: The Parathyroid Gland and Bone Metabolism

Effectively manage parathyroid and bone metabolism disorders with The Parathyroid Gland and Bone Metabolism! Brought to you by the same leading endocrinologists responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume textbook, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, this derivative book presents a compilation of chapters covering all endocrinology material related to parathyroid and bone metabolism. Never before available as a stand-alone offering, this content will enable you to give your patients the benefit of today’s best know-how on parathyroid and bone metabolism from the leading resource in endocrinology. By John T. Potts, Jr., MD, Distinguished Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, Harvard Medical School and The Massachusetts General Hospital, Endocrine Unit, Boston, MA, USA; J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL and Leslie J. De Groot, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Table of Contents: 1. Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide in the Regulation of Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Development 2. Calcitonin 3. Vitamin D: From Photosynthesis, Metabolism, and Action to Clinical Applications 4. Bone Development and Remodeling 5. Calcium Regulation, Calcium Homeostasis, and Genetic Disorders of Calcium Metabolism 6. Genetic Disorders of Phosphate Homeostasis 7. Primary Hyperparathyroidism 8. Malignancy-Associated Hypercalcemia and Medical Management 9. Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism 10. Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy, and Progressive Osseus Heteroplasia: Disorders Caused by Inactivating GNAS Mutations 11. Genetic Defects in Vitamin D Metabolism and Action 12. Hereditary Disorders of the Skeleton 13. Bone Density and Imaging of Osteoporosis 14. Chronic Kidney Disease Mineral and Bone Disorder 15. Disorders of Calcification: Osteomalacia and Rickets 16. Paget’s Disease of Bone