Module 13

Module Leader:

Jeffrey Kuret, Ph.D.

Geriatric Objectives:

1. Describe how levels of hormones and releasing factors of the major endocrine axes change with aging.

Learning Resources:

Chapter 73: "Aging of the endocrine system", pgs. 949-965 in Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (Fourth Edition), (1999) by Hazzard, Blass, Ettinger, Halter, and Ouslander. McGraw-Hill.

This text is also available in your ISP library.

Self-Test:

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