Growth Hormone and Related Disorders: From Clinics to Diagnosis
- 1st Edition, Volume 131 - March 30, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editor: Marta Araujo Castro
- Language: English
Growth Hormone and Related Disorders: From Clinics to Diagnosis, Volume 131 covers various topics related to growth hormone and its associated disorders when there is a GH excess… Read more
Description
Description
Additional sections discuss Gigantism, Acromegaly and genetics, Molecular markers of response to medical therapy in acromegaly, and Acromegaly and histopathology.
Key features
Key features
- Provides the latest information on growth hormones and associated disorders
- Covers Acromegaly, a rare, adult-onset endocrine disorder caused by GH hypersecretion by the pituitary gland
- Presents the latest information Gigantism, a rare condition that occurs in children and it is caused by the overproduction of GH before the growth plates of the long bones have closed
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
Pedro Iglesias
2. GH and GnRH-gonadotropin secretion
Adriana De Sousa Lages and Valentim Lopes
3. Co-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas in Acromegaly: Classification, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies
Betina Biagetti Sr. and Marta Araujo-Castro
4. Growth hormone and glycemic metabolism
Eider Pascual-Corrales
5. Acromegaly: pathophysiology and etiology
Frederic Castinetti
6. Acromegaly: biochemical diagnosis
Luís Miguel Cardoso
7. Acromegaly and clinical manifestations
Rocio Villar-Taibo, Eva Fernández Rodríguez and Ignacio Bernabeu Moron
8. Gigantism
Pedro Marques, Sara Donato and Catarina Regala
9. Acromegaly and genetics
Luís Antonio Castaño
10. Molecular markers of response to medical therapy in acromegaly
Manel Puig
11. Acromegaly and histopathology
Iban Aldecoa
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 131
- Published: March 30, 2026
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Marta Araujo Castro
Marta Araujo-Castro, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Endocrinologist in the Neuroendocrinology and Adrenal Unit of the Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition at Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, and a researcher at the Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS). She obtained her PhD from the Alcalá de Henares University, where she received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award for her research on personalized medicine in adrenal tumors using metabolomics.
Dr. Araujo-Castro completed her residency in Endocrinology and Nutrition at Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda and has developed extensive clinical and research expertise in adrenal and pituitary disorders, hereditary endocrine neoplasia, neuroendocrine tumors, and endocrine oncology. She coordinates the Adrenal and Pituitary Units at her institution and actively participates in multidisciplinary endocrine tumor and hereditary cancer boards. Her research focuses on translational endocrinology, particularly the identification of diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers in adrenal and pituitary diseases, precision medicine, endocrine tumor genetics, and optimization of the management of patients with adrenal tumors, Cushing syndrome, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma, and primary aldosteronism. She has led and participated in numerous national and international collaborative studies and is actively involved in several Spanish and European endocrine registries and research networks.
She is committed to advancing evidence-based endocrine practice through multidisciplinary collaboration, clinical research, education, and mentorship, with a particular focus on improving the diagnosis and personalized management of patients with hereditary endocrine tumor syndromes.