Cutaneous Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases

Lavishly illustrated, this book describes the clinical and histological features of skin lesions observed in endocrine diseases. The book has a reader-friendly structure and is written in the language of dermatologists.

Skin lesions are often the first sign for an endocrine disease. Their description is thus of relevance for early diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disease for specialists in endocrinology as well as in dermatology.

Lavishly illustrated, this book describes the clinical and histological features of skin lesions observed in endocrine diseases. All features are reader-friendly structured and written in the language of dermatologists in order to enable a simple association between the features observed and the endocrine etiology.

This guide is based on centuries of experience of a dermatology expert and supports dermatologists and endocrinologists to find the cause of the disease as well as the correct diagnosis Written with a reader-friendly structure and includes lavishly illustrated examples of all relevant clinical and histological features

Klappentext

Skin lesions are often the first sign of endocrine disease. The ability to identify such lesions is thus of great importance for endocrinology specialists as well as dermatologists in the early diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disease.

Lavishly illustrated, this clinical guide describes the clinical and histological features of skin lesions observed in endocrine diseases. Written in the language of dermatologists in order to enable a simple association between the features observed and the endocrine etiology, and with its reader-friendly format, this book will support dermatologists and endocrinologists alike, both in finding the cause of the disease and in making the correct diagnosis.

Inhalt
Posterior Pituitary Hormone, Diabetes Insipidus.- Anterior Pituitary Hormones.- Thyroid Hormones.- Disorders of Calcium Homoeostasis.- Adrenocortical Hormones.- Endocrine Hypertension, Pheochromocytoma.- Androgens.- Estrogens.- Gestagens.- Diabetes Mellitus and Glucagonoma.- Obesity.- Intestinal Hormones.- Polyendocrine Disorders.- Genetic Syndromes Including Endocrinopathies.- Endocrine Cells of the Skin.