title: Historical ﬁgures at the ofﬁce of Endocrinology.
abstract: Some historical ﬁgures have suffered endocrine diseases. This review relates those whose diseases have been published in the scientiﬁc literature. It takes a biographical summary and describes the disease process in those considered most relevant by the nature of the disease or the importance of the ﬁgure in the Spanish and Latin American context: the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Maximinus I, Bodhidharma, Sancho I of Leon, William the Conqueror, Enrique IV of Castile, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Carlos II of Spain, Pio Pico, Pedro II of Brazil, Eisenhower and J. F. Kennedy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, España. Electronic address: jalfaro@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Alfaro-Martínez
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval
keywords: Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Disease; Educación médica; Endocrinology; Endocrinología; Enfermedad; Historia; History; Medical education