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Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders: Diabetes Insipidus, Acromegaly, Dwarfism, Adrenocortical Insufficiency and Cushing's Syndrome

An endocrine disorders lecture on the pituitary and adrenal glands. Diabetes insipidus is taken through its central and nephrogenic causes, the clinical features, the diagnostic work-up and treatment, followed by the growth hormone disorders - acromegaly and pituitary gigantism on the one hand and dwarfism on the other - and the effects of excess and deficit of the other anterior pituitary hormones, including ACTH. The adrenal section defines adrenocortical insufficiency, its acute and chronic forms and management, then Cushing's syndrome with its causes, the clinical picture and the therapeutic options.

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