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Clinical pediatric endocrinology /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brook, C. G. D. (Charles Groves Darville), Brown, Rosalind S., Clayton, Peter E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Edition:5th ed.
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
Endocrine System Diseases.
Adolescent.
Child.
Infant.
Pediatric endocrinology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principles of hormone action
  • Genetics, genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics
  • Measuring hormones, molecular tests, and their clinical application
  • Congenital disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis
  • Normal and disordered growth
  • Genetic syndromes and dysmorphology
  • Acquired abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis leading to growth impairment
  • Development of the reproductive systems
  • Ambiguous genitalia
  • Normal and abnormal puberty
  • Gynecology
  • The thyroid and its disorders
  • The parathyroid and disorders of calcium metabolism
  • Disorders of bone metabolism
  • The adrenal cortex and its disorders
  • Polyglandular syndromes
  • Disorders of water balance
  • Endocrine programming and the fetal and early-life origins of adult disease
  • Weight regulation and monogenic obesity
  • Metabolic consequences of obesity and their management
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Hypolycemia
  • Endocrine consequences of systemic disease: critical illness
  • Consequences of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and bone marrow transplant
  • Tests and normal values in pediatric endocrinology.