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Contents
Part I Introduction to Endocrine System and Metabolic Disorders
1 Physiology of Endocrine System
and Related Metabolic Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Anam Ahsan, Ajab Khan, Muhammad Asim Farooq,
Muhammad Naveed, Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig,
and Wen-xia Tian
2 Impaired Carbohydrate Metabolism in Metabolic Disorders . . . . . . 43
Hina Sharif, Kanwal Rehman, Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash,
Kanwal Irshad, and Ghulam Murtaza
3 Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Metabolic Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Tariq, and Ramzi Shawahna
4 Inherited Metabolic Disorders: A Current Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Muhammad Shahid, Arslan Rasool, and Fozia Anjum
5 Impaired Lipid Metabolism in Metabolic Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Kamran Haider, Kanwal Rehman,
and Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash
6 Impaired Thyroid Function in Metabolic Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Yusra Habib Khan, Amna Saifullah, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi,
Allah Bukhsh, and Tahir Mehmood Khan
Part II Role of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
in Metabolic Disorders
7 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Occurrence
and Exposure to the Human Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Qurat UL Ain, Debmalya Roy, Anam Ahsan,
Muhammad Asim Farooq, Md Aquib, Zahid Hussain,
Brobbey Emmanuel, and Bo Wang