TY - BOOK AU - Watson,Stephanie AU - Miller,Kelli TI - The endocrine system SN - 0313326991 (alk. paper) U1 - 612.4 PY - 2004/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Endocrine glands KW - Glandes endocrines -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation KW - Glandes endocrines -- Maladies KW - Glandes endocrines -- Recherche -- Histoire KW - Glandes endocrines -- Maladies -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation. KW - Endocrine System N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index; Fundamentals of the endocrine system: hormones and their actions -- Endocrine glands: anatomy and function -- The hypothalamus and pituitary gland -- The thyroid and parathyroid glands -- The adrenal glands and endocrine pancreas -- Endocrine functions of the sex glands -- Endocrine system development -- History of discovery -- The future -- Diseases of the pituitary gland -- Diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands -- Diseases of the adrenal gland -- Diseases of the endocrine pancreas ER -