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Cushing's Syndrome
Dorothy T. Krieger
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Description for Cushing's Syndrome
Paperback. Series: Monographs on Endocrinology. Num Pages: 144 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 281.
The unraveling of our knowledge of the functions of the adrenal gland constitutes one exciting development of modern medicine and biochemistry. We owe these advances to the felicitous cooperative efforts of the clinical investigator and the biochemist. Three centuries elapsed between the first recorded anatomical descrip tion of the adrenals and the demonstration by Dr. Addison in the mid-nineteenth century of the fatal results of the destruction of these glands by disease. It became evident from this observation that the adrenals secreted a "factor" or "factors" essential to life. It took approximately 90 years to isolate this elusive vital factor ... Read more
The unraveling of our knowledge of the functions of the adrenal gland constitutes one exciting development of modern medicine and biochemistry. We owe these advances to the felicitous cooperative efforts of the clinical investigator and the biochemist. Three centuries elapsed between the first recorded anatomical descrip tion of the adrenals and the demonstration by Dr. Addison in the mid-nineteenth century of the fatal results of the destruction of these glands by disease. It became evident from this observation that the adrenals secreted a "factor" or "factors" essential to life. It took approximately 90 years to isolate this elusive vital factor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Monographs on Endocrinology
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642816611
SKU
V9783642816611
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