Section 1: Hormones and Hormone action. Principals of endocrinology. Genetic control hormone formation.Measurement of hormones. Mechanism of steroid hormones that Act as transcription-regulatory factors. Mechanism of Action hormones that Act the cell surface.Pathogenesis of endocrine tumors. Autoimmunity and endocrine system.

Section 2: Hypothalmus and pituitary. Neuroendocrinology. The anterior pituitary. Posterior pituitary and water metabolism.

Section 3: Thyroid. The thiroid gland.

Section 4: Adrenal. The adrenal cortex. Catecholamines and the adrenal medulla. Endocrine hypertension.

Section 5: Reproduction. Disorders of the ovaries and female reproduction tract. Disorders of the testes and male reproductive tract. Endochrine disorders of the breast. Fertility control and its complications. Sexual function and dysfunction.

Section 6: Fuel homeostasis. Glucose homeostasis and hypoglycaemia. Diabetes mellitus. Eating disorders: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa. Disorders of lipid metabolism.

Section 7: Mineral metabolism. Hormone disorders of mineral metabolism. Metabolic bone disease. Kidney stones.

Section 8: Development and Growth. Endocrine Changes of pregnancy. Endocinology of foetal development. Disorders of sexual differentiation. Normal and aberrant growth. Puberty and its disorders.

Section 9: Polyendocrine disorders. Multiple endocrine neoplasia. The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes.

Section 10: Paraendocrine and neoplastic syndromes. Insullin-secreting tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system. Endocrine-responsive cancer. Humoral manifestations of malignancy. Disorders of vasodilator hormones. The carcinoid mastocytosis.