ADULT AND PEDIATRIC

6th Edition

Senior Editors

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Dean, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Leslie J. De Groot, MD Research Professor, Cellular and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island

Section Editors

David de Kretser, AO, FAA, FTSE, MD, FRACP Emeritus Professor, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ashley Grossman, BA, BSc, MD, FRCP, FMedSci Professor of Neuroendocrinology, Endocrinology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

John C. Marshall, MD, PhD Andrew D. Hart Professor of Internal Medicine, Director C enter for Research in Reproduction, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia

Shlomo Melmed, MD Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Dean of, the Faculty, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

John T. Potts, Jr, MD Jackson Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of Research and Physician-in-Chief Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Gordon C. Weir, MD Head, Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology, Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Chair, Joslin Diabetes Center; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Associate Editor

Harald Jüppner, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Endocrine Unit and Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical, School, Boston, Massachusetts

With 1317 illustrations and 26 color plates