Williams Textbook of Endocrinology MELMED, SHLOMO (PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DEAN OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY, CEDARS SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM, USA),KOENIG, RONALD,ROSEN, CLIFFORD J. (PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS),AUCHUS, RICHARD J. (PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENTS OF PHARMACOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, DIVISION OF METABOLISM, ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND DIABETES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ENDOCRINOLOGY SERVICE CHIEF, ANN ARBOR VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN),GOLDFINE, ALLISON B., M.D. (ASSOCIATE PHYSICIAN, DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND HYPERTENSION, BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL; LECTURER, PART-TIME, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DIRECTOR, TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE, NOVARTIS INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS)