human endocrine system: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Endocrinology
Victor Cornelius, A History of Endocrinology (1982); David G. Gardner and Dolores Shoback, Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 9th ed. (2011); Jill B. Becker et al. (eds.), Behavioral Endocrinology, 2nd ed. (2002); Gerald M. Doherty and Britt Skogseid (eds.), Surgical Endocrinology (2001); George H. Greeley, Jr. (ed.), Gastrointestinal Endocrinology (1999); and Jerome F. Strauss and Robert L. Barbieri (eds.), Yen and Jaffe’s Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management, 7th ed. (2014).
Endocrine glands
Shlomo Melmed (ed.), The Pituitary, 4th ed. (2017); Lewis E. Braverman and David S. Cooper (eds.), Werner & Ingbar’s The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text, 10th ed. (2013); and John P. Bilezikian et al. (eds.), The Parathyroids: Basic and Clinical Concepts, 3rd ed. (2015).
Diabetes and associated conditions
American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes, 5th ed. (2011); O. Paul van Bijsterveld (ed.), Diabetic Retinopathy (2000); Aubie Angel et al. (eds.), Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Etiology, Treatment, and Outcomes (2001); Aristidis Veves and Rayaz A. Malik (eds.), Clinical Management of Diabetic Neuropathy, 2nd ed. (2007); and Ronald G. Gill et al. (eds.), Immunologically Mediated Endocrine Diseases (2002).
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
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Robert D. Utiger
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: The Nemours Foundation - For Teens - Endocrine System. | Apr 17, 2019 | ||
| Added an illustration showing the chemical structure of human growth hormone. | Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Added information on historical developments in endocrinology. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: EMedecineHealth - Anatomy of the Endocrine System. | Jun 02, 2015 | ||
| Added video overview of the endocrine system. | Feb 09, 2011 | ||
| Updated to include information on the symptoms of late-onset hypogonadism in men. | Jun 22, 2010 | ||
| Added a diagram of the hypothalamic-pituitary hormone system. | Dec 28, 2009 | ||
| Article restructured. | Dec 21, 2009 | ||
| Added art depicting the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland. | Dec 21, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 16, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nemours Foundation - For Teens - Endocrine System. | May 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Estrella Mountain Community College - The endocrine system. | May 02, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Dec 11, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 11, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Innerbody - Human Anatomy Online. | Sep 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Innerbody - Human Anatomy Online. | Sep 01, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 28, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 12, 1998 |