The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Multiple Endocrine by Icon Health Publications

By Icon Health Publications

This publication has been created for sufferers who've made up our minds to make schooling and study a vital part of the therapy procedure. even though it additionally offers details beneficial to medical professionals, caregivers and different overall healthiness pros, it tells sufferers the place and the way to seem for info protecting almost all subject matters regarding a number of endocrine neoplasia variety 1 (also hyperparathyroidism; MEN1; Sipple's syndrome; Wermer's syndrome), from the necessities to the main complicated components of study. The identify of this e-book contains the be aware reliable. This displays the truth that the sourcebook attracts from public, educational, executive, and peer-reviewed examine. chosen readings from a number of enterprises are reproduced to offer you the various most recent reliable info on hand up to now on a number of endocrine neoplasia variety 1. Given sufferers' expanding sophistication in utilizing the net, ample references to trustworthy Internet-based assets are supplied all through this sourcebook. the place attainable, information is supplied on easy methods to receive free-of-charge, basic learn effects in addition to extra designated details through the net. publication and digital models of this sourcebook are totally interactive with all of the websites pointed out (clicking on a link instantly opens your browser to the location indicated). Hard-copy clients of this sourcebook can style stated net addresses without delay into their browsers to acquire entry to the corresponding websites. as well as vast references obtainable through the net, chapters contain glossaries of technical or unusual phrases.

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EU] Chemotherapy: The treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease - producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue. [EU] Cyclophosphamide: Precursor of an alkylating nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent that must be activated in the liver to form the active aldophosphamide. It is used in the treatment of lymphomas, leukemias, etc. Its side effect, alopecia, has been made use of in defleecing sheep. Cyclophosphamide may also cause sterility, birth defects, mutations, and cancer.

A variety of symptoms and physical findings may result such as abnormally increased levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia), generalized fatigue, weakness, muscle and/or bone pain, constipation and/or other digestive abnormalities, and/or additional symptoms. Established in 1996, the organization, which is affiliated with Voice of the Handicapped, is committed to collecting and distributing current information on the disease; educating the medical community about FMEN1; and providing networking services that enable affected individuals to exchange information, resources, and support.

It includes the large intestine and small intestine. [NIH] LH: A small glycoprotein hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary. LH plays an important role in controlling ovulation and in controlling secretion of hormones by the ovaries and testes. [NIH] Lipoma: A benign tumor composed of fat cells. [NIH] Molecular: Of, pertaining to, or composed of molecules : a very small mass of matter. [EU] Osteoporosis: Reduction in the amount of bone mass, leading to fractures after minimal trauma. [EU] Ovulation: The discharge of a secondary oocyte from a vesicular follicle of the ovary.

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