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Endocrinology and Diabetes

ISBN: 978-1-118-70304-5

May 2013

Wiley-Blackwell

288 pages

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Description
This brand new title in the Lecture Notes series covers a core element of the medical school curriculum.

It presents the basic science needed to understand mechanisms of disease and describes the clinical presentations of the disorders associated with different glands, concluding with the relevant investigations and management.

Focusing on conditions commonly encountered on the wards and in exams, with key points to aid revision and recall, this new title is perfect as a course companion and is the ideal revision tool for medical students, specialist nurses, and doctors working on endocrinology rotations. Lecture Notes: Endocrinology and Diabetes is also essential for endocrinology trainees approaching the new Knowledge Based Assessment (KBA).

About the Author
Dr Amir Sam, BSc (Hons), MB BS (Hons), MRCP
Series editor of the Rapid Series, Editor of Rapid Differential Diagnosis and Co-author of Rapid Medicine.

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and SpR in Endocrinology and Diabetes, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK

Dr Karim Meeran, MD, FRCP, FRCPath

Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

Features
This new title in the Lecture Notes series covers a core element of the medical school curriculum

It is divided into two sections - covering endocrinology and diabetes from basic science through to core clinical presentations and endocrine disorders

Includes key points to aid revision and recall, and colour photographs to assist learning

This the perfect course companion and an ideal revision tool for students and those on clinical attachments