Your gate to endocrinology (for professionals only)

 

An Atlas of the Endocrine System - AMA
A Dictionary of Endocrinology - Academic Press
Endocrine Pathology [jpeg archive + comments] - WebPath, University of Utah (US)
Clinical Guidelines for Endocrinologists - Am Assoc of Clin Endocrinologists
Factsheets from The Endocrine Society
Endocrine Disease & Diabetes Center - PharmInfo
Symptoms of Endocrine Diseases [for patients], and some Case studies - Jamila Diabetes & Endocrine Center
Case Studies in Endocrine Disorders - Tulane Univ. (US)
Endocrinology Databases [AG Amador] - S. Illinois Univ./School of Medicine (US)
Endocrinology - Diabetes & Endocrinology Treatment C., Palm Beach, FL (US)
The Endocrine Web [J Norman] - FL (US)
Hormones - Estrella Mountain Community College
Table of Common Vertebrate Hormones [MW King] - THCME Medical Biochemistry Page
The Hormones of the Human - JW Kimball's Biology Pages
Hormones: an overview - UC/Davis
On Hypothalamus and the Endocrine System - WUSTL
Endocrinology of the Menstrual Cycle [slides; S Manley] - (AU)
Endocrines and Reproduction [D Banks] - Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London (UK)
About Precocious Puberty - InteliHealth/J Hopkins U.
About Precocious Puberty from the The MAGIC Foundation for Childrens Growth
Hormone Foundation - (US)
Human Growth Foundation - (US)
About Somatotropin and IGF-1 - Colorado State Univ. (US)
The Child Growth Foundation - London (UK)
Growth Hormone Information - Novo (DK)
Growth Hormone Deficiency [S Kemp] - eMedicine
Growth Hormone Deficiency Syndrome - Massachusetts General Hosp., Neuroendocrine C. (US)
Growth Hormone Deficiency - Vanderbilt U. (US)
About Growth Hormone - US Doctor on Internet
Anthropometric Desk Reference [B Bender]
The Pineal Gland - IIBN, and a note about Melatonin [J Kimball]
Brief about Some Hormone Releasing Systems of the Brain [RA Swain] - (US)
Steroids - a look at a catch-all term - Mayo Clinic (US)
Steroid Hormone Metabolism [Th Steimer] - (CH)
Testosterone Therapy in Men [L Katznelson] - Harvard/Neurosurgery
Anabolic Steroids, a research report from NIDA
Handbook of Andrology - American Soc. of Andrology
Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals - IATP (US)
Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones [links] - Tulane U (US)
The DHEA Home Page [J Howard] - (US)


o        Diabetes Mellitus

§         Diabetes Mellitus [DW Foster] - sample text from Harrison's Online

§         Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus: Do We Need New Criteria? [Matfin et al.], and Medical Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus [Matfin et al.] - Am. Assoc of Clin Endocrinologists

§         Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus: New Criteria [J Mayfield] - Am. Family Phys, Oct '98

§         Information from WHO Diabetes Programme - (CH)

§         The Diabetes Monitor - Midwest Diabetes Care C., Inc.

§         Online Diabetes Resources [R Mendosa]

§         Metabolic Disorders: Glucose - U.of Iowa (US)

§         Clinical Practice Recommendations 2000, and a What's New section, from the American Diabetes Association

§         DiabetesCalender.com [Levetan, Salas, Hochberger]

§         Canadian Diabetes Association

§         Insulin-Free World Foundation

§         The Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group Handbook on Diabetes - (AU)

§         Children with Diabetes [online magazine] - San Francisco (US)

§         Sick Day Tips and about Insulin Characteristics - Diabetes Control Center

§         Diabetes: Sick Day Management - Group Health Cooperative

§         DRINet, Diabetes Research Institute - University of Miami (US)

§         Diabetes Home Page at CDC (US)

§         Online Diabetes Library - Joslin Diabetes C., Harvard (US)

§         Diabetes Info Server [J Buchner; in German] - (DE)

§         Dibetes-Centre at Univ. of Leipzig (DE)

§         MeLLiTiS [in French] - (FR)

§         The Diabetes Mall - Diabetes Services Inc., CA (US)

§         Diabetics Unite [N Gaston]

§         The Diabetes UK

§         The Diabetic Data Centre - (UK)

§         DIABTRENDS-Manual - (CH)

§         The US Nat'l Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program

§         Documents on Diabetes [for patients] - NIDDK/NIH (US)

§         pricking fingers [for patients] - NIDDK/NIH (US)

§         Pathology of Diabetes Mellitus - WebPath, University of Utah (US)

§         Slide show about Acute Emergencies of Diabetes Mellitus - Diabetes Monitor (US)

§         Diabetes and Kidney Disease - Nephrology Assoc., FL (US)

§         Diabetes and Kidney Disease - Nat'l Kidney Foundation (US)

§         Skin Manifestations in Diabetes Mellitus [Huntley & Drugge]

§         About some Skin Diseases in Diabetes Mellitus - Nat'l Skin C. (SG)

§         Current and Future Therapies of Diabetic Neuropathy [Setter et al.] - US Parmacist , Nov '98

§         About Diabetic Eye Disease [for people at-risk] - National Eye Institute (US)

§         European Association for the Study of Diabetic Eye Complications - MedWeb, Birmingham (UK)

§         Diving and diabetes - UK Diving

§         Diabetic Foot Information from Penn State U./DFC (US)

§         The Diabetic Foot - Foot & Ankle Institute of Utah (US)

§         Diabetic Foot Problems and Treatments - ACFAS (US)

§         Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Diabetic Wounds - MarketNet, Inc. (US)

§         Amputation Prevention

§         Understanding Insulin-Dependent Diabetes [HP Chase]

§         Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes - NIDDK

§         The Benefits and Risks of Controlling Blood Glucose Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - AAFP, Apr '99

§         On the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Management of Type 2 Diabetes - Therapeutics Letter, 27 & 23, 1998 (CA)

§         About Insulin [K Harper] - Claremont Coll. (US)

§         About Insulin Pump Therapy - MiniMed (US)

§         Diabetes Self-Management [magazine]

§         The Diabetes Healing Handbook - Univ of Massachusetts Med C. (US)

§         Tracking the Genes to Conquer Diabetes [E Colimore] - Franklin Institute Sci Museum (US)

§         Glossary of Diabetes Related Terms - Univ. of Wisconsin (via Missouri Diabetes) (US)

§         Diabetic Ketoacidosis

§         About Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Nonketotic Hyperosmolarity [RR Hemphill] - EMBBS (US)

§         Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Vanderbilt Univ. (US)

§         Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma

§         Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic coma [M Sagarin] - e-Medicine

§         Wolfram Syndrome

§         Some Qs&As about DIDMOAD (Wolfram Syndrome) - Children With Diabetes

§         Worldwide Society of Wolfram Syndrome Families

§         About 'Maureen' [J Koenig]

§         The Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Foundation

§         Brief note on the WS gene and mental problems - NAMI '98

§         Wolfram Syndrome / DIDMOAD - OMIM, NCBI/NLM (US)

o        Endocrine Gland Neoplasms

§         Endocrine System Cancers - Oncolink, University of Pennsylvania (US)

§         About Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (Wermer's syndrome) - NIDDK/NIH (US)

§         See also under Neoplasms [links]

o        Adrenal Gland Diseases
Adrenal Gland Disorders - Merck Manual Home Ed.
US Nat'l Adrenal Diseases Foundation
Your Adrenal Glands [J Norman] - Endocrine Surgery
Adrenal, Parathyroids, Thymus, Pineal [lecture notes ; E Friedlander]


§         Addison's Disease

§         About Addison's Disease - NIDDK/NIH (US)

§         Addison's Disease - Vanderbilt U. (US)

§         ACIF - Addison & Cushing Int'l Federation - (NL)

§         Prompt Differentiation of Addison's Disease from Anorexia Nervosa ..., .pdf file [Adams et al.] - SMJ Feb '98 (US)

§         Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital

§         Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Support Group - (AU)

§         Hyperaldosteronism

§         About Hyperaldosteronism in Children and Adults - ThriveOnline/AOL (US)

§         Cushing Syndrome

§         About Cushing's Syndrome - NIDDK/NIH (US)

§         Cushing's Syndrome Information [C Lewis]

§         Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Evaluation of Cushing's Syndrome Patients - Massachusetts General Hosp., Neuroendocrine C. (US)

§         On Cuching's Syndrome Laboratorial Diagnosis - MedStudents (BR)

§         Cushing's Syndrome [S Pr...]

§         Cushing's Syndrome Bulletin Board

§         ACIF - Addison & Cushing Int'l Federation - (NL)

§         Cuching's Support & Research Foundation - (US)

o        Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune

§         Schmidt Syndrome - OMIM, NCBI/NLM (US)

§         Cherryl's Story (about Schmidt's Syndrome)

o        Breast Diseases
Lumpy Breasts: How Dangerous Are They? - HomeArts (US)
Diagnosis & Management of Breast Problems During Pregnancy & Lactation [C Scott-Conner] - U of Iowa (US)
Sore Nipples [C Scott-Conner] - U of Iowa (US)


§         Gynecomastia

§         Gynecomastia due to alcoholic cirrhosis [picture] - MedStudents (BR)

§         Lactation Disorders

§         Does Nipple Discharge Mean I Have Cancer? - HomeArts (US)

§         Prolactin: Physiologic and Patholocic Associations - Human Reproduction, Utah (US)

§         About Galactorrhea, and a guideline chart for treating a Patient with Galactorrhea - Stanford U. (US)

§         About Breast Pain: Plugged Ducts and Mastitis - Suite101

§         On Human Milk and Lactation [WL Hurley] - Univ of Illinois (US)

§         Oxytocin in Reproductive Biology [JJ Dreifuss] - (CH)

§         The Breastfeeding Advocacy Page - ProMoM

§         About some Breastfeeding problems - BabyCenter

o        Pituitary Diseases

§         The Pituitary Gland [illustration], and an image (pathol.) - WebPath

§         The Hypothalamus--Pituitary connection [D Banks] - (UK)

§         Pituitary Cancer - Oncolink (US)

§         Links to Pituitary Tumor Resources, a List of Typical Pituitary Tumor Symptoms, and a collection of archived Bulletins from the Neuroendocrine Clin C and Pituitary Tumor C./MGH (US)

§         Disorders of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Function. Pituitary Adenomas [AD Marks] - Temple Univ.

§         Pituitary Adenoma and Vision - Review of Optometry Online

§         Pituitary Adenomas - JHU/Radiosurgery

§         Management of Pituitary Tumors [JS Bevan] - BMJ

§         Pituitary Tumor Network Association - (US)

§         Patient information from the Pituitary Society - NYU Health System (US)

§         Treatment of Pituitary Tumors - NCI/NIH (US)

§         Pituitary Tumors and Headaches [PN Riskind] - MGH (US)

§         About Prolactinoma - NIDDK (US)

§         Pituitary Tumor and Neuroendocrine Diseases & Disorders including a section on Prolactinomas - UCLA/Neurosurgery

§         Indications for Treatment of Microprolactinomas: An Update - Harvard/Neurosurg. (US)

§         Treatment of Prolactinomas [C Anthistle]

§         About Prolactinoma, and Indications for Treatment of Microprolactinomas [A Klibanski] - MGH/Neuroendocrin Clin C (US)

§         Stereotactic Proton Irradiation of Pituitary Adenomas [Thornton & Loeffler] - MGH/Harvard, and about Pituitary Adenoma Removal Procedure - UCSF (US)

§         Acromegaly and Gigantism - MedStudents (BR)

§         Acromegaly: Complications and Therapeutic Update [L Katznelson] - MGH/Harvard (US)

§         Acromegaly, Mr Punch and Caricature [D Bryson] - (UK)

§         About Hypopituitarism - Adam.Com

§         How To Diagnose Hypopituitarism [Schmidt and Wallace] - PostGradMed '98

§         Empty Sella Syndrome

§         Brief note about Empty Sella Syndrome - Adam.Com, and another note - KUMC

§         Empty Sella Syndrome - PTNA

§         Empty Sella Syndrome, brief synopsis - CHORUS

§         About the Sella and Parasella Regions - UCSD Radiology

§         Empty Sella [pathol. image]

§         Empty Sella Turcica, Primary, With Generalized Dysplasia - OMIM

§         Nelson Syndrome

§         Brief note about Nelson's Syndrome - UCLA Neurosurgery

o        Parathyroid Diseases

§         About Parathyroid Disease [J Yoo] - UTMB (US)

§         Hyperparathyroidism - NIH Oct '90 (US)

§         About Your Parathyroid, Hyperparathyroidism, and Hypoparathyroidism - Endocrineweb.com

§         Hypoparathyroidism Newsletter, Inc.

§         Parathyroid cancer [for physicians] - NCI/NIH (US)

o        Thyroid Diseases
About the Thyroid Gland, How your Thyroid Gland works - Mayo Health, and about The Thyroid "Neck Check" - AACE
Your Thyroid [J Norman] - Endocrine Surgery, and an image (pathol.) - WebPath
Excerpts from The Thyroid Book [for patients; MI Surks]
Your Thyroid Gland - Am Acad of Otolaryngology
Gland Central [thyroid disease information]
Thyroid Imaging [R Blumhardt] - Nucl. Radiology/UTHSCSA
Thyroid Disease Manager [online book] - Knoll Pharmaceutical Company
Thyroid Federation Internatonal
Thyroid Foundation of America including a section about Thyroid Disease in the Elderly
Thyroid Foundation of Canada including some Thyroid Disease Health Guides
Some Thyroid Disorders - Missouri U. (US)
Thyroid Conditions - Am. Medical Women's Assoc.
On Thyroid function and Fertility - Mid-Hudson Valley (US)
Thyroid disease lecture notes [JPH Wyse] - (US)
Clinical Evaluation of the Thyroid in Health and Disease [DL Gordon] - LUMEN (US)
Thyroid Disease including a News & Weblinks section
American Foundation of Thyroid Patients
Neuromuscular Aspects of Thyroid Disease - WUSTL
The Thyroid Society
American Thyroid Association
Thyroid Diagnostic Center, Santa Monica - (US)


§         Hyperthyroidism

§         Hyperthyroidism - Am Thyroid Assoc.

§         Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Hyperthyroidism - Thyroid Found. of Canada

§         Hyperthyroidism - Missouri U. (US)

§         About Thyroid Storm - U.of Iowa (US)

§         The Thyroid Storm [L Martin] - Mt Sinai

§         Graves' Disease

§         About Graves' Disease - Am Thyroid Assoc. (US)

§         Graves' Disease, Part 1 - MedStudents (BR)

§         On Graves' Disease [A Hutchins] - (UK)

§         Graves' Disease Message Board - (US)

§         Graves' Disease Information - Mayo Med C., MN (US)

§         Gail Devers on Graves' Disease - ThriveOnline/AOL

§         Eye Surgery for Grave's Disease - EyePlastics LLC

§         Hypothyroidism

§         Underactive thyroid - Mayo Clinic

§         Hypothyroidism - Thyroid Foundation of Am.

§         On Subclinical Hypothyroidism [RD Utiger]

§         Clinical Hypothyroidism in children - MAGIC Foundation

§         Myxedema [image] - KUMC/Pathol.

§         Hypothyroidism - Am Thyroid Assoc.

§         Primary (Secondary, Compensated, Juvenile, Congenital) [DW Gardner] - Missouri U. (US)

§         Causes of Hypothyroidism - excerpt from The Thyroid Book

§         Thyroid Neoplasms

§         Introduction to Thyroid Cancer - Oncolink, University of Pennsylvania (US)

§         Thyroid Cancer [for physicians] - CancerNet/PDQ--Physician (US)

§         American Thyroid (Cancer) Clinic - (US)

§         Images of Thyroid Gland Neoplasms - Frontiers in Bioscience (US)

§         About Thyroid Cancer [C Muller] - Dr Quinn's Textbook/UTMB (US)

§         Thyroid Nodule

§         Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis & Management of Thyroid Nodules - Am Assoc of Clin Endocrinologists

§         Fine Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules [M Stesin]

§         Thyroiditis, Autoimmune

§         Thryoiditis (Hashimoto's, Subacute, Silent, Post Partum) - Thyroid Foundation of Canada

§         Chronic Thyroiditis (Hashimoto's Disease) - Adam.Com

§         Does Hashimoto's disease run in families? - ThriveOnline/AOL

§         About Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Thyroid Disease Manager/Knoll Pharmaceutical Company

§         On a case of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy [Skodda et al.; .pdf format]

§         About Thyroiditis [A. Gandy] - PedBase

§         Microcarcinoma associated with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis [pathol. images] - MultiPath (IT)

§         Hashimoto's Thyroiditis [pathol. image] - Hippocrates Proj., N.Y. Univ.

o        Gonadal Disorders
Human Sexual Differentiation [PC Sizonenko] - (CH)
Sexual Differentiation and its Disorders [AM DiGeorge]
About Sexual Differentiation Mechanisms [DR Deaver]

§         Hermaphroditism

§         About Hermaphroditism - LUMEN

§         The Molecular Basis for Intersexuality [IA Aaronson] - DUJ (US)

§         Ambiguous Genitalia - Mayo Clinic

§         FAQ: Hormone Therapy for Transsexuals - Confluence Publ.

§         Intersexuality FAQs - Sexuality.Org

§         Hypogonadism

§         HYPOHH - Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism Support Group [M Saunders]

§         Brief info about Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism - Adam.Com

§         Guidelines for Evaluation and Treatment of Hypogonadism in Adult Male Patients [Petak et al.]

§         Adult-Onset Idiopathic Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism - A Treatable Form of Male Infertility [Nachtigall et al] - NEJM Feb '97

§         Kallmann Syndrome

§         Kallmann's Syndrome [M Saunders] - HYPOHH.Net

§         About Kallmann Syndrome [A. Gandy] - PedBase

§         Kallmann's Syndrome - MedStudents (BR)

§         Feminization

§         FAQ: Hormone Therapy for Male-to-Female Transsexuals