This represents the ninth edition of Greenspan's Basic &
Clinical Endocrinology—the first in an all-color format, which we
hope will add to the value of the text for our readers. Each of the
individual chapters has been revised and updated to contain the most current
information in the field. We have introduced two entirely new chapters on
Endocrine Hypertension (Chapter 10) and Obesity (Chapter 20) and added five
new authors to our existing chapters.
Once again,
we hope that you will find this text useful in dealing with the expanding
world of basic and clinical endocrinology, and we trust that you will find
it a valuable tool for education of trainees and the treatment of endocrine
patients.
David G. Gardner, MD, MS
Dolores
Shoback, MD
San Francisco, CA