Clinical pediatric endocrinology / edited by Charles G.D. Brook, Peter E. Clayton, Rosalind S. Brown ; foreword by Martin O. Savage.
Publication details: Malden, Mass. ; Blackwell Pub., 2005.Edition: 5th editionDescription: xii, 596 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9781405126557
- 1405126558
- Brook's clinical pediatric endocrinology [Cover title]
- WS 330 C641 2005
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Principles of hormone action.
2. Genetics, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics.
3. Measuring hormones, molecular tests and their clinical application.
4. Congenital disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis.
5. Normal and disordered growth.
6. Genetic syndrome and dysmorphology.
7. Acquired abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis leading to growth impairment.
8. Development of the reproductive system.
9. Ambigous gentialia.
10. Normal and abnormal puberty.
11. Gynaecology.
12. The thyroid and its disorders.
13. The parathyroid and disorders of calcium meabolism.
14. Disorders of bone metabolism.
15. Adrenal cortex and it's disorders.
16. Polyglandular syndromes.
17. Disorders of water balance.
18. Endocrine programming and the fetal and early-life origins of adult disease.
19. Weight regulation and monogenic obesity.
20. Metabolic consequences of obesity and their manangement.
21. Diabetes mellitus.
22. Hypoglycemia.
23. Endocrine consequences of systemic disease: critical illness.
24. Consequences of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.
25. Tests and normal value in pediatric endocrinology.
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