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The endocrine system

Author: Stephanie Watson; Kelli Miller
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series: Human body systems (Westport, Conn.)
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines the role and function of the human endocrine system.
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Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephanie Watson; Kelli Miller
ISBN: 0313326991 9780313326998 0313331197 9780313331190
OCLC Number: 54543001
Description: xvi, 210 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: Human body systems (Westport, Conn.)
Responsibility: Stephanie Watson, and Kelli Miller.

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Examines the role and function of the human endocrine system.

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