Serono Symposia International publishes many of its proceedings of live events to further the exchange and dissemination of information relating to basic and clinical research and diagnostic and treatment techniques.
The following Resource Guide was produced by the Endocrine Nurses' Society of Australia (ENSA) and Serono Symposia International Oceania (SSI).
The following publications may be ordered from Springer-Verlag New York Inc. at www.springer-ny.com. under the Serono Symposia USA series.
Blackman MR, Harman SM, Roth J, and Shapiro JR. GHRH, GH, and IGF-I: Basic and Clinical Advances. 1995. 319 pages. $162. 0-387-94404-4
This volume contains the proceedings of the Symposium on GHRH, GH, and IGF-1: Basic and Clinical Advances, held December 9 - 12, 1993 in San Diego, California. Written and edited by eminent international experts, the papers herein cover: an overview of the physiology of GHRH-Somatostatin-GH-IGF-1 axis; the effects of recombinant human GH and/or IGF-1 in catabolic illness; contemporary issues in growth and development; the effects of rhGH and IGF-1 on intermediary and bone metabolism; and the use of GHRH, rhGH, and rhIGF-1 in aging.
Pierson RN Jr., St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Quality of the Body Cell Mass: Body Composition in the Third Millennium. 2000. 345 pages. $145 0-387-95120-2
Quality of the Body Cell Mass presents proceedings of the International Symposium on Quality of the Body Cell Mass held February 27 to March 2, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The text describes the state of the art of making measurements of body composition, including the methods and their interactions, and provides examples of applications that describe individual studies in the clinical areas of AIDS, obesity, osteoporosis, aging, wasting, and chronic disease. More than 50 illustrations complement the text.
Stabler, B., School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and Barry B. Bercu, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
Therapeutic Outcome of Endocrine Disorders: Efficacy, Innovation and Quality of Life. 2000. 269 pages. $140. 0-387-98962-5
Therapeutic Outcome of Endocrine Disorders: Efficacy, Innovation and Quality of Life presents the proceedings of an international symposium held from November 13-16, 1997 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The proceedings discuss scientific and clinical studies related to the treatment of endocrine disorders, including growth hormone deficiency, Turner Syndrome, constitutional delay of growth, treatment of diabetes, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and congenital hypothyroidism.
Johannes D. Veldhuis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, and Andrea Giustina, University of Brescia, Italy
Sex-Steroid Interactions with Growth Hormone. 1999. 354 pages. $140. 0-387-98810-6
Sex Steroid Interaction with Growth Hormone presents the proceedings of an international symposium held from October 22-25, 1998 in Naples, Florida. The proceedings provide new insights and concepts gained by molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine research into mechanistic interactions of the reproductive and somatotrophic axes. Chapters include discussions of the impact of sex steroids on growth hormone secretion in both children and adults; sex steroids, growth hormone releasing factor, and somatostatin; how sex steroids modulate growth hormone action on target issues; and differential effects of growth hormone secretagogues in men and women. This volume is designed for physicians, scientists and other health professionals interested or trained in clinical and basic endocrinology, growth or reproduction.
Ziegler TR, Pierce GF, and Herndon DN. Growth Factors and Wound Healing: Basic Science and Potential Clinical Applications. 1997. 365 pages. $162. 0-387-94968-2
This volume contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Growth Factors and Wound Healing: Basic Science and Potential Clinical Applications, held in Boston from September 28-October 1, 1995. The objective of this symposium is to provide basic and clinical investigators state-of-the-art information on the biology of wound healing and tissue repair. Written and edited by eminent experts in the field, the papers herein cover the general concepts of wound healing; the role of nutrients in wound healing responses; endogenous growth factors and wound healing; clinical applications of growth hormone and IGF-1 therapy; and clinical applications of peptide growth factors.