Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism is a topical serial publication integrating the results from the latest original research into practical, evidence-based review articles that seek to address the key clinical issues of diagnosis, treatment and patient management.

Each issue follows a problem-orientated approach which focuses on the key questions to be addressed, clearly defining what is known and highlighting topics for future research. Management is described in practical terms so that it can be applied to the individual patient. The series is aimed at the physician either in practice or in training.

In practical paperback format, each 200 page issue of Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism provides a comprehensive review of clinical practice and thinking within one specific area of endocrinology and metabolism.

Each issue, written by an international team of contributors and guest edited by a renowned expert, form part of a continuous update of current clinical practice.

• Attractive format and two-colour text layout
• Six issues published annually
• Highlighting the latest 'best practice' and 'clinical evidence'
• Topic-based, problem-orientated approach
• Recommendations on diagnosis, treatment and patient management

The objective of the series is to provide the physician with the most up-to-date source of information in the field.

Editor-in-Chief
Christoph A. Meier
University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Managing Editor
Jenny Collins
Editorial Board
W. Arlt, MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci
Birmingham, United Kingdom
P. Beck-Peccoz
Milano, Italy
G. van den Berghe, MD, PhD
Heverlee, Belgium
X. Bertagna
Paris, France
A.J.L. Clark
London, United Kingdom
A. Dunaif
Chicago, Illinois, United States
D. Dunger
Cambridge, United Kingdom
K. Ho
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
I.T. Huhtaniemi, MD, PhD
London, United Kingdom
A. Juul
København, Denmark
T. Kadowaki
Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
W. Kiess, MD
Leipzig, Germany
S.K. Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP
Los Angeles, California, United States
M.E. Molitch
Chicago, Illinois, United States
A.C. Moses
Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States
S. O'Rahilly
Cambridge, United Kingdom
R.G. Rosenfeld
Palo Alto, California, United States
W.M. Wiersinga
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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