text Endocrine and metabolic disorders sourcebook : basic consumer health information about hormonal and metabolic disorders that affect the body's growth, development, and functioning, including disorders of the pancreas, ovaries and testes, and pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands, with facts about growth disorders, Addison disease, Cushing syndrome, pancreatic and diabetic disorders, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, inborn error of metabolism, and more ; along with information about endocrine functioning, diagnostic and screening tests, a glossary of related terms, and directory of additional resources