Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America: Volume 46-3

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Richard Auchus, Adina Turcu, Alan D. Waxman, and Barry D. Pressman, is devoted to Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology. Articles in this issue include Mass spectrometry applicability in endocrine testing; Point-of-care endocrine testing; Thyroid, Bone; NET; Predictors of fertility; Thyroid ultrasound imaging and needle biopsy; Pituitary imaging; Adrenal imaging; Pancreatic imaging; Diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders; Neuroendocrine Tumors, and Parathyroid Imaging.

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Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics * Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology

• Foreword: Latest Innovations in Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics

  in Endocrinology

  Preface: The Current Status and Evolution of Hormone Testing in the Digital Age

  Role of Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Endocrinology

  Point-of-Care Endocrine Diagnostics

  Biochemical Testing in Thyroid Disorders

  Biochemical Testing Relevant to Bone

  Biochemical Testing in Neuroendocrine Tumors

  Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology: Predictors of Fertility

  Thyroid Cancer: Ultrasound Imaging and Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy

  Pituitary Imaging

  Adrenal Imaging

  Pancreatic Imaging

  Selected Controversies of Radioiodine Imaging and Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

  Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors: Indications, Interpretations, Limits, and Pitfalls