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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Endocrinologists. It includes endocrinologists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Women endocrinologists"
Endocrinology (from endocrine + -ology) is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones.It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep ...
The following is a list of hormones found in Homo sapiens. Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. For example, current North American and international usage uses [ citation needed ] estrogen and gonadotropin, while British usage retains the Greek digraph in oestrogen and favours the earlier ...
In endocrinology, medical emergencies include diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, hypoglycemic coma, acute adrenocortical insufficiency, phaeochromocytoma crisis, hypercalcemic crisis, thyroid storm, myxoedema coma and pituitary apoplexy.
The study of the endocrine system and its disorders is known as endocrinology. The thyroid secretes thyroxine , the pituitary secretes growth hormone , the pineal secretes melatonin , the testis secretes testosterone , and the ovaries secrete estrogen and progesterone .
Endocrinology is the field of medicine that diagnoses and treats diseases of the endocrine organs or dysregulation of hormone homeostasis Wikimedia Commons has media related to Endocrinology . Subcategories
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. American endocrinologists, specialists in the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific ...