**Meet the editor**

Fulya Akin is associate professor of Internal Medicine and Head of Endocrinology Department at Pamukkale University. She received her medical degree from Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty of Istanbul University where she also completed fellowship training in endocrinology. She has completed internal medicine training in the Istanbul Haydarpaşa Numune State Hospital. Since

2005, Dr. Akin has been working as a lecturer in department of endocrinology and Metabolism at Pamukkale University. Her research topics are sex hormone binding globulin, insulin resistance, genetic polymorphism, acromegaly, subclinical thyroid disease. Dr. Akin is a member of the Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkey (SEMT). She has authored more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals in PubMed and has had some presentations in several prestigious meetings.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Thyroid Disease 1** 

Laura Sterian Ward

Chapter 2 **Thyroid in Pregnancy 37** 

and Tomas Zima

**Part 3 Effects of Androgens 61** 

Mercedes Ferrer

Chapter 3 **Adrenal Disease and Pregnancy 51**  Guadalupe Guijarro de Armas

Chapter 4 **Cardiovascular Effects of Androgens 63** 

Chapter 5 **Testosterone Therapy and the Heart 79** 

Chapter 6 **Androgens and Vascular Function 91** 

Güzin Fidan Yaylalı and Yalın Tolga Yaylalı

Chapter 7 **Orchidectomy Upregulates While Testosterone** 

Olivier Levillain, Cyril Dégletagne, Dominique Letexier and Henri Déchaud

Carlos Wilson, Rodrigo Maass and Manuel Estrada

**Treatment Downregulates the Expression of Ornithine Aminotransferase Gene in the Mouse Kidney 115** 

**Part 2 Pregnancy and Endocrine Disease 35** 

Drahomira Springer, Zdenka Limanova

Chapter 1 **Thyroid Disruptors: How They Act and How We React 3**  Natassia Elena Bufalo, Aline Carolina de Nadai da Silva, Raquel Bueno Barbieri, Marjory Alana Marcello, Lucas Leite Cunha, Elaine Cristina Morari and
