Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders is an international journal dedicated to students, clinicians and researchers involved in the broad area of endocrinology and metabolism. This field of medicine and biology is rapidly advancing and a major challenge is to keep abreast of the advances in the field. The mission of this review journal is to keep those interested individuals informed of all the latest exciting advancements that are essential to their research or clinical practice. The format of this review journal differs from existing journals. Each of the quarterly issues covers a specific topic. Ten to twelve articles will be published by world leaders in this area. The individual papers are brief overviews of the latest developments, with insight into the basic aspects of the disease and translation into clinical aspects. Thus the student, academic clinician and practicing clinician will be able to understand the disease process and apply this knowledge to his or her area of interest. Selected readings and other essential references will enable the reader to investigate a particular topic in a more in-depth approach. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders considers both unsolicited and invited review articles for publication in the journal.