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1. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE AGING PROCESS WITH ENDOCRINE AND NUTRITIONAL IMPLICATIONS, AGING AND DISEASE IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. Antonio Ruiz-Torres, Emiliano Corpas, Ricardo Correa, Marc R. Blackman, and S. Mitchell Harman. 1
2. PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY AXIS IN THE ELDERLY. Emiliano Corpas, Ricardo Correa, S. Mitchell Harman, Marc R. Blackman, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 15
3. PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS IN THE ELDERLY. Emiliano Corpas, Álvaro Larrad-Jiménez, Karyne Vinales, Ricardo Correa, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 67
4. VITAMIN D AND CALCIUM DEFICIENCY IN THE ELDERLY. Emiliano Corpas, Karyne Vinales, Ricardo Correa, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 117
5. SENILE AND POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. Federico Hawkins, Vishnu Garla, Gonzalo Allo, David Males, Laura Mola, and Emiliano Corpas. 147
6. PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND IN THE ELDERLY: PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES, HYPOTHYROIDISM, AND HYPERTHYROIDISM. Emiliano Corpas, Franco Sánchez-Franco, Ricardo Correa, Karyne Vinales, Álvaro Larrad-Jiménez, and Marc R. Blackman. 191
7. PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND IN THE ELDERLY: THYROID NODULES, AND SIMPLE GOITER. Franco Sánchez-Franco, Emiliano Corpas, Ricardo Correa, Ming Li, Álvaro Larrad-Jiménez, S. Mitchell Harman, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 249
8. PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND IN THE ELDERLY: THYROID CANCER. Álvaro Larrad-Jiménez, Franco Sánchez-Franco, Ricardo Correa, Karyne Vinales, Emiliano Corpas, and S. Mitchell Harman. 295
9. PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS IN THE ELDERLY. Alejandro Ayala, Emiliano Corpas, Álvaro Larrad-Jiménez, Álvaro Serrano-Pascual, and Marc R. Blackman. 365
10. MALE HYPOGONADISM IN ADVANCED AGE: PHYSIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND FUNCTIONAL HYPOGONADISM IN THE ELDERLY. Emiliano Corpas, S. Mitchell Harman, Ricardo Correa, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 407
11. MALE HYPOGONADISM IN ADVANCED AGE (THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS), GYNECOMASTIA IN ADVANCED AGE, BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY AND PROSTATE CANCER (ENDOCRINOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT). Emiliano Corpas, Marc R. Blackman, S. Mitchell Harman, Ricardo Correa, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 447
12. MENOPAUSE AS A MANIFESTATION OF AGING. Cassandra Roeca, S. Mitchell Harman, and Nanette Santoro. 477
13. ENDOCRINE SURGERY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS. Álvaro Larrad-Jiménez, Stephanie Kristofic, Sonie Sunny, Antonio Martin-Duce, and Emiliano Corpas. 499
14. BODY COMPOSITION AND METABOLIC CHANGES WITH AGING. Marc R. Blackman, Emiliano Corpas, Jared Gollie, Meri Davitadze, and Antonio Ruiz-Torres. 515
15. OBESITY, A CONDITION THAT MIMICS PREMATURE AGING. Raffaele Carraro, Tania Romacho, Concepción Peiró, Emiliano Corpas, and Carlos F. Sánchez-Ferrer. 551
16. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FRAILTY, SARCOPENIA AND THE ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC CHANGES OF ADVANCED AGE: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas, Cristina Alonso-Bouzón, and Marc R. Blackman. 573
17. DIABETES MELLITUS IN THE ELDERLY. María Dolores López-Carmona, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, and Emiliano Corpas. 599
18. DIABETES MELLITUS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR AGING. Ramfis Nieto-Martinez, Carlos Carrera-Boada, and Emiliano Corpas. 631
19. DYSLIPIDEMIA IN THE ELDERLY. Ricardo Correa, Fabian Wayar, Peter Reaven, and Emiliano Corpas. 661
20. ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN THE ELDERLY, CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT OF MALNUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY. Mari Malazonia, Ana Anuashvili, Natia Vashakmadze, and Emiliano Corpas. 711