Contents

Section 1 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Function


1. Functional Anatomy of the Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis

Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles


2. Adrenocorticotropin

Mark A. Herman, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Joseph A. Majzoub, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Division of Endocrinology, Boston


3. Growth Hormone

Vivien S. Herman-Bonert, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Los Angeles

Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles


4. Prolactin

Mark E. Molitch, Northwestern University Medical School, Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine


5. Thyroid-stimulating Hormone

Chester E. Ridgway, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Endocrinology


6. Follicle-stimulating Hormone and Leutinizing Hormone

Ronald S. Swerdloff, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Shalender Bhasin, Drew University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine


7. The Posterior Pituitary

Daniel G. Bichet, University of Montreal, Department of Medicine, Montreal


Section 2 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Dysfunction


8. The Hypothalamus

Glenn D. Braunstein, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles


9. Anterior Pituitary Failure

Charles F. Abboud, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Rochester


Sect. 3 Pituitary Tumors


10. Pituitary Surgery

Rudolf Fahlbusch, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany


11. Radiation and Non-surgical Management of the Pituitary

Laurence Katznelson, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford


12. Acromegaly

Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles


13. Prolactinoma

Mark E. Molitch, Northwestern University Medical School, Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine


14. Cushing's Disease

Lynn Loriaux , Oregon Health & Science University, Chair, Department of Medicine, Portland

Jean Pierre Luton, Professor of Endocrinology, Cochin Medical School, University Rene Decartes, Paris, France


15. Thyrotropin-secreting Pituitary Tumors

Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles


16. Gonadotroph Adenomas

Margaret E. Wierman, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Endocrinology, Denver

Peter J. Snyder, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia


17. Other Piuitary Lesions

Stephen A. Geller, UCLA, School of Medicine, Los Angeles


Section 4 Pituitary Disease in Systemic Disorders


18. Pituitary Function in Systemic Disorders

William F. Chandler, University of Michigan, Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Center, Ann Arbor


19. The Pituitary Gland in Pregnancy and the Puerperium

Errol R. Norwitz, Yale University School of Medicine, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Haven


20. Drugs and Pituitary Function

Elizabeth Ginsberg, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University Medical School


Section 5 Diagnostic Procedures


21. Pituitary Imaging

Barry D. Pressman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Chief, Section of Neuroradiology and Chairman, Department of Imaging, Los Angeles


22. Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation of Pituitary Disorders

Anthony C. Arnold, UCLA, Department of Opthalmology, Los Angeles


23. Evaluation of Normal Pituitary Function

Gillian L. Booth, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada