Adrenocorticotropin / Mark A. Herman & Joseph A. Majzoub -- 2. Growth hormone / Vivien S. Herman-Bonert, Diane Prager & Shlomo Melmed -- 3. Prolactin / Mark E. Molitch -- 4. Thyroid-stimulating hormone / Virginia D. Sarapura, Mary H. Samuels & Chester E. Ridgway -- Follicle-stimulating hormone and leutinizing hormone / Shalender Bhasin, Fisher & Ronald S. Swerdloff -- 6. The posterior pituitary -- Daniel G. Bichet -- 7. Anterior pituitary failure / Charles F. Abboud -- 8. Pituitary surgery / Rudolf Fahlbusch, Michael Buchfelder & Panos Nomikos -- 9. Acromegaly / Shlomo Melmed -- 10. Prolactinoma / Mark E. Molitch -- 11. Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumors / Yona Greenman & Shlomo Melmed -- 12. Gonadotroph adenomas / Peter J. Snyder -- 13. Pituitary function in systemic disorders / Harold E. Carlson -- 14. Pituitary gland in pregnancy and the puerperium / Harold E. Carlson -- 15. Drugs and pituitary function / Harold E. Carlson -- 16. Pituitary imaging / Barry D. Pressman -- 17. Neuro-ophthalmologic evaluation of pituitary disorders / Anthony C. Arnold -- Appendix: Evaluation of normal pituitary function / Gillian L. Booth, Afshan Zahedi & Shereen Ezzat.