Contents

#### **Preface XI**

#### **Part 1 Thyroid Disease 1**

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 Laura Sterian Ward

#### **Part 2 Pregnancy and Endocrine Disease 35**


#### **Part 3 Effects of Androgens 61**


#### **Part 4 Insulinomas 133**

Chapter 8 **Diagnosis and Treatment of Insulinomas in the Adults**  D. Vezzosi, A. Bennet, J.C. Maiza, A. Buffet, S. Grunenwald, J. Fauvel, F. Courbon, P. Otal, N. Carrere and Ph. Caron

#### **Part 5 Aging and Endocrinology 177**


#### **Part 6 Endocrinology of Stress 261**

Chapter 11 **The Endocrine Response to Stress - A Comparative View 263**  Lluis Tort and Mariana Teles

#### **Part 7 Steroid Induced Osteoporosis**

Chapter 12 **Genistein Aglycone Demonstrates a Protective and Reversible Effect on the Development of Steroid-Induced Secondary Osteoporosis and Increases Bone Breaking Strength in Rats 289**  Alessandra Bitto, Francesca Polito, Bruce P. Burnett, Herbert Marini, Robert Levy, Domenica Altavilla and Francesco Squadrito

#### **Part 8 Chronic Renal Disease and Endocrinology 303**

	- **Part 9 Estrogens and Endothelium 321**
	- **Part 10 Factors Affecting Farrowing 339**
