Metabolic and Endocrine Physiology, 2nd edn

In the first edition of this text a primary goal in the preparation was to concisely elucidate the endocrine mechanisms responsible for maintaining homeostatic control of important physiological variables, and to assist the reader in understanding common pathophysiologic deviations from the normal. Six years have passed since publication of the first edition, and now this second edition has been released.
In the second edition of this .quick look. all chapters have been updated, and three have been added; two on Neonatal Physiology, and one more on Mineral Imbalance.