Clinicians' guide to growth disorders / J.K.H. Wales.
Publication details: London : Arnold ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press [distributor], 2002.Description: vii, 158 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0340762373
- Growth disorders
- Growth disorders -- Diagnosis
- Children -- Growth
- Teenagers -- Growth
- Growth disorders -- Treatment
- Growth Disorders -- diagnosis -- Adolescence
- Growth Disorders -- diagnosis -- Child
- Growth Disorders -- drug therapy -- Adolescence
- Growth Disorders -- drug therapy -- Child
- Growth -- physiology -- Adolescence
- Growth -- physiology -- Child
- WE 250 W172c 2002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WE 250 W172c 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22065786 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1 Introduction
the physiology of growth
fetal growth
infantile growth
childhood growth
pubertal growth and final height
sexual development
further reading
2 Measurement of growth
weight
length
Height
Head circumference
Parental Size
Past measurements
Bone age or skeletal maturity
further reading
3 Growth charts and how to use them
Standards and plotting
target height and OFC
Body proportions
Height velocity
Skeletal and Sexual maturity
Tempo of growth
what information can you obtain from a growth chart
community screening for short and tall stature
further reading
4 short stature
History of the child with short stature
examination of the child with short stature
Examination of the child with short stature
staging sexual development
causes of short stature
the short and thin child
the short and fat child
the short child with abnormal features
the short child with short limbs
the short-barked child with short stature
investigation of short stature
psychological problems related to short stature
further reading
5 Delayed puberty
History and examination
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Tests indicated in hyper gonadotropic hypogonadism
tests indicated in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Therapy for delayed puberty
further reading
6 Tall stature
History
Examination
Idiopathic tall stature
Other primary causes of tall stature
secondary causes of tall stature
investigation of tall stature
Associated treatments
Psychosocial aspects of all stature
7futher reading
Early sexual development
introduction
cause of true sexual precocity
causes of pseudosexual precocity
variations of normality
Investigation of early sexual development
treatment
Further reading
8Obesity
work-up of childhood obesity
Treatment of childhood obesity
consequences of childhood obesity
Further reading
9 Failure to thrive
History
Diet
Family history
Loss of feeds
Examination
Treatment investigations
further reading
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