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Endocrine System | |
| WK 1-148 Reference Works. General Works | |
| WK 150-190 Hormones. Hormone Therapy | |
| WK 200-300 Thyroid Gland. Parathyroid Glands | |
| WK 350-400 Pineal Gland. Thymus Gland | |
| WK 500-590 Pituitary Gland | |
| WK 700-790 Adrenal Glands | |
| WK 800-885 Islets of Langerhans | |
| WK 900-920 Gonads | |
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| WK 1 |
Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Collected works (General) | |
| WK 5 |
By several authors
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| WK 7 |
By individual authors
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| WK 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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| WK 11 |
History
(Table G)
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| WK 11.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| WK 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 17 |
Atlas
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Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.
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| WK 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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| WK 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
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Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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| WK 19 |
Schools, departments and faculties of endocrinology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 20 |
Research (General)
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Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
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| WK 21 |
Endocrinology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review
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| WK 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. | |
| WK 23 |
Collective
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| WK 24 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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| WK 25 |
Laboratory manuals. Technique. Experimental studies (General)
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| WK 26 |
Equipment and supplies
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Classify catalogs in W 26.
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| WK 26.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. | |
| WK 27 |
Collective
(Table G)
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| WK 27.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| WK 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of hospital)
(Table G)
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
| WK 28.5 |
Collective
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| WK 28.6 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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| WK 32 |
Laws
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 33 |
Discussion of law
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 39 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
| WK 100 |
Endocrine glands (General)
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Classify works on the specialty and on both the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WK 140.
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| WK 102 |
Physiology. Biochemistry. Hormones and antagonists (General)
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| WK 140 |
Endocrine diseases (General)
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| WK 148 |
Surgery (General)
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| WK 150 |
Steroid hormones (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify works on hormones of a particular gland with the gland.
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| WK 170 |
Gastrointestinal hormones
(e.g., Secretin. Enterogastrone) |
| WK 180 |
Renal hormones
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| WK 185 |
Other hormones
(e.g., Peptide hormones) |
| [WK 187] |
[This number not used]
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Classify with hormones in WK 150-190, etc.
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| WK 190 |
Hormone therapy (General)
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Classify works on a specific condition or disorder with the condition or disorder.
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| WK 200 |
General works
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| WK 201 |
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Abnormalities
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| WK 202 |
Physiology. Biochemistry (including iodine metabolism). Thyroid hormones and antagonists
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| WK 250 |
Hypothyroidism and related disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)
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| WK 252 |
Congenital hypothyroidism. Myxedema
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| WK 259 |
Goiter
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Classify here works on goiter in general and on specific goiters, except exophthalmic goiter which is classed in WK 265.
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| WK 265 |
Hyperthyroidism. Thyrotoxicosis. Exophthalmic goiter
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| WK 267 |
Medical therapy
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| WK 270 |
Neoplasms. Cysts
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| WK 280 |
Surgery
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| WK 300 |
Parathyroid glands
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| WK 350 |
Pineal gland
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| [WK 375] |
[This number not used]
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Classify carotid body in WL 102.9.
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| WK 400 |
Thymus gland
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| WK 500 |
General works
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| WK 501 |
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology
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| WK 502 |
Physiology. Biochemistry
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| WK 510 |
Anterior pituitary gland (Adenohypophysis)
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Include here works on the pituitary-adrenal system.
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| WK 515 |
Hormones and antagonists
(e.g., Corticotropin. Growth hormones) |
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Include works on release and release inhibiting hormones.
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| WK 520 |
Posterior pituitary gland (Neurohypophysis). Hormones and antagonists
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| WK 550 |
Diseases
(e.g., Diabetes insipidus. Pituitary dwarfism. Gigantism. Acromegaly. Hypopituitarism. Froehlich's syndrome, etc.) |
| WK 585 |
Neoplasms
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Include works on the anterior and posterior pituitary glands here also.
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| WK 590 |
Surgery
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| WK 700 |
General works
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| WK 701 |
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Abnormalities
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| WK 702 |
Physiology. Biochemistry
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| WK 725 |
Adrenal medulla. Epinephrine. Norepinephrine and other catecholamines
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Classify works on methyldopa in QV 150 or with the disorder being treated.
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| WK 750 |
Adrenal cortex
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| WK 755 |
Adrenal cortex hormones. Glucocorticoids (General or not elsewhere classified)
(e.g., Cortisone) |
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Classify works on glucocorticoids used as dermatologic agents in QV 60.
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| [WK 757] |
[This number not used]
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Classify with adrenal cortex hormones in WK 755.
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| WK 760 |
Diseases of the adrenal cortex
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| WK 765 |
Adrenal cortex hypofunction
(e.g., Addison's disease) |
| WK 770 |
Adrenal cortex hyperfunction
(e.g., Adrenogenital syndrome. Virilism) |
| WK 780 |
Neoplasms
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| WK 790 |
Surgery
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| WK 800 |
General works
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| WK 801 |
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology
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| WK 810 |
Diabetes mellitus
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| WK 815 |
Therapy
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| WK 818 |
Diet
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| WK 819 |
Diet lists. Diabetic cooking
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| WK 820 |
Insulins
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| WK 825 |
Other hypoglycemic agents
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| WK 830 |
Diabetic ketoacidosis. Diabetic coma
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| WK 835 |
Complications of diabetes
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| WK 840 |
Diabetes as a complication in other conditions
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Classify works on diabetes in pregnancy in WQ 248.
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| WK 850 |
Diabetic patients' manuals. Self care
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| WK 870 |
Glycosurias
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| WK 880 |
Hyperinsulinism. Hyperglycemia. Hypoglycemia
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| WK 885 |
Neoplasms
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| WK 900 |
Gonads. Gonadal hormones (General)
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| WK 920 |
Placental hormones
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