Endocrinology

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Lactogenic hormone activity was first observed in bovine pituitary extracts by Stricker and Griiter in 1928, working in Bouin's laboratory in Strasbourg.

The unraveling of our knowledge of the functions of the adrenal gland constitutes one exciting development of modern medicine and biochemistry.

This monograph represents the first comprehensive review of hormones in human amniotic fluid and includes data published up to and including 1980.

In the past 10 years hirsutism has been the object of a considerable number of fundamental studies.

The physiology and metabolism of thyroid hormones were areas of intense research investigation during the 1970s.

During the past 3 years, little has been added to our funda- mental knowledge of hormonal disorders in gynecology.

The cytochemical bioassay system was described in a short abstract in 1971, and more fully, in the cytochemical bioassay of corticotrophin, in 1972.

Progress in basic research has made it necessary to redetermine the possibility of classic endocrine therapy for the treatment of patients with breast cancer.

The building of conceptual models is an inherent part of our interaction with the world, and the foundation of scientific investigation.

Research on the hormonal control oflactation - the subject of this monograph - has long been the major interest of this laboratory.

Either deficient or excessive hormone production has been observed with respect to some rather bizarre clinical manifestations.

Upon wresting the control of the earth from the Titans, Zeus assigned the task of creating living creatures to two Titan brothers who had sided with him in the epic battle just concluded.

This book was written at the invitation of Dr.

The various congresses on growth hormone (GH) which have been held in Milan since 1967, the Milan Congresses, have witnessed over 25 years the tremendous expansion of a research field that was based initially upon the scarce knowledge of the biological properties of a protein.

A symposium on benign prostatic hyperplasia is appropriate at a time when new knowledge and new technology are rapidly emerging.

Cell transplantation to the brain and spinal cord is awell-established research tool for studies on cellular andmolecular mechanisms, but can it be developed into a usefultherapuetic approach in human neurological disorders?

The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for informa- tion, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

In this book the editors have brought together the widest group of investigators of the cytochrome P450 superfamily in order to present complete and right up-to-date coverage of this important enzyme system.

Diabetes Guide adopts a novel "e;non-textual"e; approach to thedissemination ofcomprehensive, up-to-date information onthe theory and practice of diabetology.

In diesem Buch wird die aktuelle Diagnostik des lokalisierten Prostatakarzinoms durch den Pathologen und den Urologen dargestellt, wobei besondere Beachtung der Immunhistochemie, dem prostataspezifischen Antigen und bildgebenden Verfahren geschenkt wird.

The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for informa- tion, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

The sellar region and paranasal sinuses constitute the anatomical sections of the skull base in which pathological entities warrant interdisciplinary management.

Current knowledge relevant to the understanding of thyroid autoimmunity is summarized in this book.

How to treat advanced prostatic cancer remains controversial, despite intense basic and clinical research investigating the pathogenesis and natural history of this unique cancer highly prevalent in elderly males.

Latest issue in the CURRENT TOPICS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY se-ries which has been gaining a great deal of reputation as aprimary source for reviews in neuroendocrinology and relatedareas in the past few years.

Hohe Trainingsbelastungen lösen bei Leistungssportlerinnen häufig lang anhaltende Zyklusstörungen aus.

Research in diabetes has accelerated in two areas, both of which are being reviewed in CTMI.

Dieses Buch vereint Beiträge namhafter Fachleute zu einer umfassenden Darstellung des derzeitigen Wissens über Östrogene.

International experts are brought together in this book to give basic as well as clinical data on obesity and cachexia, and an integrated picture of the regulation of intermediary metabolism in both situations.

Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the field of hormone action and consequent signal transduction.

The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for informa- tion, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for information, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

In dem vorliegenden Band wird das Thema Geburtsschmerz unter dem Aspekt neuer neurobiologischer Erkenntnisse behandelt.

It is fourteen years since insulin was last reviewed in The Handbook of Ex- perimental Pharmacology, in volume 32.

Publication of this monograph acknowledges great strides made in research on the zona pellucida during the past decade or so.

Contraceptives have always provided ground for controversy.

Das Endokrinium betreffende Erkrankungen des Hypothalamus, des Hypophysenvorderlappens und -hinterlappens, der Hoden und Ovarien sowie der Nebennierenrinde und des -marks sind Gegenstand dieses Buches.

Die Diagnose und Therapie von atherosklerosebedingten Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen sind in jüngster Zeit durch sehr rasch fortschreitende Entwicklungen gekennzeichnet.