Section I: Hypothalamic-Pituitary Function Chapter 1. Pituitary Development Chapter 2. Hypothalamic Regulation of Anterior Pituitary Function Chapter 3. Adrenocorticotrophin Chapter 4. Growth Hormone Chapter 5. Prolactin Chapter 6. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Chapter 7. Gonadotrophin Hormones Chapter 8. The Posterior Pituitary Section II: Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders Chapter 9. The Hypothalamus Chapter 10. Anterior Pituitary Failure Chapter 11. Pituitary Dysfunction in Systemic Disorders Chapter 12. Drugs and Pituitary Function Chapter 13. The Pituitary Gland in Pregnancy Chapter 14. Psychiatric Disease in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders Section III: Pituitary Tumors Chapter 15. Acromegaly Chapter 16. Prolactinoma Chapter 17. Cushing Disease Chapter 18. Thyrotrophin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors Chapter 19. Nonfunctioning and Gonadotrophin-Secreting Adenomas Chapter 20. Atypical Pituitary Adenomas Chapter 21. Genetics of Pituitary Tumor Syndromes Chapter 22. Nonpituitary Sellar Masses Section IV: Pituitary Procedures Chapter 23. Pituitary Imaging Chapter 24. Pituitary Surgery sakriti opis