Leading clinicians review in depth the clinical and molecular aspects of
the hormone resistance syndromes caused by receptor mutations. These
mutations are involved in a large number of disorders, including
dwarfism, Laron syndrome, pseudohypoparathyroidism, insulin resistance,
resistance to thyroid hormone, glucocorticoid resistance, hereditary
resistance to vitamin D, and estrogen resistance. Throughout, the book's
distinguished contributors not only summarize the clinical features of
these and related disorders, but also illuminate their molecular bases.
Hormone Resistance Syndromes provides an authoritative summary and
standard reference for all those clinicians and researchers actively
studying these mutations today and affords a unique opportunity to
understand hormone action in normal physiology.