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New York University Post‐Graduate Medical School Course 563R in Gynecological Endocrinology
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196562261
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , endocrine system , thyroid , pediatric endocrinology , physiology , endocrinology , gynecology , hormone , obstetrics
A practical, didactic, and clinical presentation with emphasis on the therapeutic management of endocrine disorders in the female, including a discussion of the diagnosis and management of intersex will be offered. Endocrine therapy for menstrual abnormalities and ovulatory defects will be presented. Adrenocortical, thyroid, ovarian, and pituitary abnormalities will be emphasized. Practical diagnostic tests, including the most recent procedures, will be described and demonstrated. The therapeutic use of the newer progestational, gonadal, and corticoid steroids will be discussed, as weIl as available pituitary preparations. Some pertinent aspects of male and pediatric endocrinology will be included. The diagnostic importance of the chromosomal analysis will be elaborated upon.