Growth Hormone and Related Disorders: From Clinics to Diagnosis, Volume 131 covers various topics related to growth hormone and its associated disorders when there is a GH excess, including their pathophysiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis. Chapters in this new release include Growth hormone: synthesis and regulation, GH and GnRH-gonadotropin secretion, Co-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas in Acromegaly: Classification, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies, Growth hormone and glycemic metabolism, Acromegaly: pathophysiology and etiology, Acromegaly: biochemical diagnosis, Acromegaly and clinical manifestations, and more.
Additional sections discuss Gigantism, Acromegaly and genetics, Molecular markers of response to medical therapy in acromegaly, and Acromegaly and histopathology.
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Table of Contents
1. Growth hormone: synthesis and regulationPedro Iglesias
2. GH and GnRH-gonadotropin secretion
Adriana De Sousa Lages and Valentim Lopes
3. Co-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas in Acromegaly: Classification, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies
Betina Biagetti Sr. and Marta Araujo-Castro
4. Growth hormone and glycemic metabolism
Eider Pascual-Corrales
5. Acromegaly: pathophysiology and etiology
Frederic Castinetti
6. Acromegaly: biochemical diagnosis
Lu�s Miguel Cardoso
7. Acromegaly and clinical manifestations
Rocio Villar-Taibo, Eva Fern�ndez Rodr�guez and Ignacio Bernabeu Moron
8. Gigantism
Pedro Marques, Sara Donato and Catarina Regala
9. Acromegaly and genetics
Lu�s Antonio Casta�o
10. Molecular markers of response to medical therapy in acromegaly
Manel Puig
11. Acromegaly and histopathology
Iban Aldecoa
