Del 131 - Vitamins and Hormones

Growth Hormone and Related Disorders: From Clinics to Diagnosis

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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.

Provides the latest information on growth hormones and associated disorders
Covers Acromegaly, a rare, adult-onset endocrine disorder caused by GH hypersecretion by the pituitary gland
Presents the latest information Gigantism, a rare condition that occurs in children and it is caused by the overproduction of GH before the growth plates of the long bones have closed

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt450 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieVitamins and Hormones
Antal sidor300
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780443431722

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Marta Araujo-Castro, MD., PhD., is an endocrinologist of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. She is the coordinator of the Neuroendocrinology & Adrenal Unit of the Endocrinology Department of her hospital. Her main clinical focus and research is on pituitary and adrenal gland disorders. She is the principal investigator and coordinator of the ACRO-SPAIN Registry, the SPAIN-ALDO Registry and the PHEO-PARA-RISK Study of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology & Nutrition (SEEN). Furthermore, in the last years she has received several awards related to adrenal and pituitary disorders (Cushing´s syndrome, acromegaly, adrenal incidentalomas, pheochromocytomas and so on). She is the current coordinator of the adrenal diseases group of the SEEN, a member of the scientific board of the working group of Aldosterone Producing Adenomas (APA) of ENSAT, coordinator of the Pituitary Committee of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and the principal investigator of the group of Endocrine-Metabolic, Digestive and Nutrition Surgery of the Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS). She has more than 150 Medline listed manuscripts, cited >1000 times. More information Dr. Araujo-Castro is a member of the SEEN, the European Endocrine Society (ESE), Spanish Group of Neuroendocrine Tumors (GETNE), European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors (ENSAT), Endocrine Society, SEEN and other many medical societies. She actively participates in several national and international congresses with presentations related to adrenal pathology. Moreover, Dra. Araujo-Castro is a professor of the master’s degree in Endocrine Oncology Pathology at TECH University; she holds the title of master’s degree in research Methodology in Health Sciences of the Laboratory of Applied Statistics of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (Spain) and the Diploma in Statistics in Health Sciences of the UAB.about my professional profile below:Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta-Araujo-Castro Twitter: Marta_Araujo_CORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0519-0072

1. Growth hormone: synthesis and regulationPedro Iglesias2. GH and GnRH-gonadotropin secretionAdriana De Sousa Lages and Valentim Lopes3. Co-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas in Acromegaly: Classification, Diagnosis, and Treatment StrategiesBetina Biagetti Sr. and Marta Araujo-Castro4. Growth hormone and glycemic metabolismEider Pascual-Corrales5. Acromegaly: pathophysiology and etiologyFrederic Castinetti6. Acromegaly: biochemical diagnosisLuís Miguel Cardoso7. Acromegaly and clinical manifestationsRocio Villar-Taibo, Eva Fernández Rodríguez and Ignacio Bernabeu Moron8. GigantismPedro Marques, Sara Donato and Catarina Regala9. Acromegaly and geneticsLuís Antonio Castaño10. Molecular markers of response to medical therapy in acromegalyManel Puig11. Acromegaly and histopathologyIban Aldecoa