This is a concise textbook of endocrinology and diabetes for house officers, residents and diabetic nurses, profusely illustrated with colour photographs, and designed to bridge the gap between specialist textbooks and colour atlases.

Preface Acknowledgements 1 Diabetes - Introduction 1 2 Clinical Presentation of Diabetes 5 3 Living with Diabetes 23 4 Management of Diabetes 37 5 Complications of Diabetes 55 6 Acute Diabetic Complications 59 7 Macrovascular Diseases and Hypertension in Diabetes 77 8 Diabetic Eye Disease 89 9 Diabetic Nephropathy 101 10 Skin and Soft Tissue Problems in Diabetes 109 11 Diabetic Neuropathy 117 12 Diabetes in Special Groups 141 13 Endocrinology - Introduction 151 14 Endocrine Emergencies 165 15 Hypothalamo-Pituitary Disorders 177 16 Endocrinological Problems in Children and Adolescents 219 17 Thyroid Disorders 231 18 Adrenal Disorders 265 19 Reproductive Endocrinology 297 20 Calcium Disorders and Metabolic Bone Diseases 329 21 Hypoglycaemia 367 22 Gastrointestinal Hormones 373 23 Plurihormonal, Genetic and Ectopic Hormone Syndromes 381 24 Obesity 397 Index 409