Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Internal Medicine is a Division of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic. It has a staff of more than 40 clinical endocrinologists, organized into a number of specialty groups.
Staff in the division handle a wide range of common as well as unusual disorders and dysfunctions. Patients with problems involving the hormone-secreting endocrine glands present a wide array of symptoms, signs, syndromes, and diseases, many of which are interrelated.
The endocrine system includes the major endocrine glands:
The endocrine system also involves many other organs which respond to, modify, or metabolize hormones. Some of these organs include:
A unique aspect of the division is its integrated approach to problems of human nutrition in disease states and for health improvement and maintenance.
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