Nineteen cutting-edge review articles by leading authorities provide a comprehensive overview of the normal function of the pituitary and of the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disorders. Topics range from normal hypothalamic-pituitary interactions and the processes that disrupt them to new advances in pituitary imaging and appropriate surgical intervention in various pituitary disorders. Among the diseases discussed are congenital hypopituitarism, deficiency states, strategies for evaluating patients with hyperprolactinemia, Cushing's syndrome, acromegaly, and glycoprotein pituitary tumors.

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1 Molecular and Cellular Ontogeny of Distinct Pituitary Cell Types.- 2 Hypopituitarism: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 3 Prolactin: Normal Physiology.- 4 Differential Diagnosis and Management of Hyperprolactinemia.- 5 Growth Hormone: Normal Physiology.- 6 Growth Hormone Deficiency: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 7 Acromegaly: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 8 ACTH: Normal Physiology.- 9 Cushing Syndrome: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 10 Gonadotropins: Normal Physiology.- 11 Gonadotropin Deficiency: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 12 Gonadotropin (FSH and LH) Pituitary Tumors: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 13 Alpha-Subunit Secreting Pituitary Tumors.- 14 TSH: Normal Physiology.- 15 Thyrotropin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.- 16 Infiltrative Diseases of the Pituitary Gland.- 17 Imaging of the Sella and Perisellar Region.- 18 Neurosurgical Approach to Pituitary Adenomas.- 19 Immunohistochemistry of Pituitary Adenomas.