Pediatric endocrinology
By: edited by Fima Lifshitz.
Contributors: Lifshitz, Fima, 1938-
Edition: 4th ed., rev. and expanded.
Series: Clinical pediatrics -- 9; Clinical pediatrics (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) -- v. 9.
Publisher: M. Dekker
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1090
Subjects: Endocrine System Diseases -- Child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Worrisome growth; title: Ch. 2. Hypopituitarism and other disorders of the growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor axis; title: Ch. 3. Growth hormone treatment; title: Ch. 4. Skeletal dysplasias; title: Ch. 5. Tall stature and excessive growth syndromes; title: Ch. 6. Adrenal cortex: hypo- and hyperfunction; title: Ch. 7. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; title: Ch. 8. Disorders of the adrenal medulla: catecholamine-producing tumors in childhood; title: Ch. 9. Puberty and its disorders; title: Ch. 10. Turner syndrome; title: Ch. 11. Nonendocrine vaginal bleeding; title: Ch. 12. Hirsutism, polycystic ovary syndrome, and menstrual disorders; title: Ch. 13. Disorders of sexual differentiation; title: Ch. 14. Thyroid disorders in infancy; title: Ch. 15. Hypothyroidism; title: Ch. 16. Hyperthyroidism; title: Ch. 17. Thyromegaly; title: Ch. 18. Thyroid tumors in children; title: Ch. 19. Hypoparathyroidism and mineral homeostasis; title: Ch. 20. Hyperparathyroidism in children; title: Ch. 21. Neonatal calcium and phosphorus disorders; title: Ch. 22. Metabolic bone disease; title: Ch. 23. Hypoglycemia in the newborn, including the infant of a diabetic mother; title: Ch. 24. Hypoglycemia in children; title: Ch. 25. Diabetes in the child and adolescent; title: Ch. 26. Management of the child with diabetes; title: Ch. 27. Diabetic ketoacidosis; title: Ch. 28. Autoimmune endocrinopathies; title: Ch. 29. Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes; title: Ch. 30. Endocrine tumors in children; title: Ch. 31. Nontraditional inheritance of endocrine disorders; title: Ch. 32. Disorders of water homeostasis; title: Ch. 33. Emergencies of inborn metabolic diseases; title: Ch. 34. Obesity in children; title: Ch. 35. Hyperlipoproteinemias in children and adolescents; title: Ch. 36. Endocrine disorders after cancer therapy; title: Ch. 37. Endocrine alterations in human immunodeficiency virus infections; title: Ch. 38. Hypertension in children: endocrine considerations; title: Ch. 39. Dietary supplements to enhance athletic performance; title: Ch. 40. Using the web to obtain information on genetic and hormone disorders; title: Ch. 41. Hormone measurements and dynamic tests in pediatric endocrinology; title: Ch. 42. Reimbursement issues in endocrinology: a coding supplement; title: Ch. 43. Reference charts used frequently by endocrinologists in assessing the growth and development of youth.