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(Contemporary Endocrinology.) Edited by Margaret E. Wierman. 405 pp., illustrated. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 1997. $125. ISBN 0-896-03364-3.

Pituitary diseases may present with a wide array of symptoms and signs, and patients with these disorders may initially contact a general practitioner, an ophthalmologist, a neurologist, or an orthopedist before they are finally referred to an endocrinologist or neurosurgeon. In the past 10 years, there have been many advances in the molecular biology and physiology of the hypothalamic–pituitary system, while clinical achievements have been mainly in improved imaging of the pituitary region and more effective drug treatment of pituitary tumors, especially prolactinomas, often obviating tumor excision.

Diseases of the Pituitary provides an overview of recent developments in basic research . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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