Pediatric endocrinology
Subtitle: mechanisms and management
By: [edited by] Ora H. Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster.
Contributors: Pescovitz, Ora Hirsch.; Eugster, Erica A.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 914
Subjects: Pediatric endocrinology; Endocrine Diseases -- Child; Endocrine System -- physiopathology -- Child; Hormones -- physiology -- Child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genetics in endocrinology; title: Genetic disorders in pediatric endocrinology / Amy E. Potter and John A. Phillips III; title: Genetic syndromes with endocrinopathies / Patricia Y. Fechner; title: Evaluation of endocrine disorders in children; title: Diagnostic imaging in pediatric endocrinology / Donald D. Corea, Aslam R. Siddiqui, and Mary K. Edwards-Brown; title: Molecular concepts and techniques in endocrinology / Constantin Polychronakos and Zubin Punthakee; title: Hypothalamus and pituitary; title: Molecular genetics of hypothalamic-pituitary axis development / Phu V. Tran ... [et al.]; title: Consequences of mutations in pituitary transcription factor genes / John S. Parks and Milton R. Brown; title: Clinical disorders of the posterior pituitary / Gary L. Robertson; title: Endocrine issues in survivors of childhood cancer / Thomas Moshang, Jr., and Stuart A. Weinzimer; title: Growth; title: Biologic and clinical aspects of molecular defects along the growth; title: Hormone/insulin-like growth factor I axis / Zvi Laron; title: Physiology of the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor axis / Katie A. Woods and Ron G. Rosenfeld; title: Clinical aspects of growth and growth disorders / Robert Rapaport and Deborah A. Bowlby; title: Short stature and quality of life : a review of assumptions and evidence / David E. Sandberg, Melissa D. Colsman, and Linda D. Voss; title: Turner syndrome / Marsha Lynn Davenport and Ali S. Calikoglu; title: Endocrinopathies in infants who are small for gestational age / Mireya H. Garcia, Radhika H. Muzumdar, and Paul Saenger; title: Sexual differentiation and maturation; title: Molecular genetic control of sex differentiation / Mary M. Lee; title: Disorders of sexual differentiation / Mary Pat Gallagher and Sharon E. Oberfield; title: Diagnosis and treatment of the undescended testicle / Martin Kaefer; title: Androgens and behavior : implications for the treatment of children with; title: Disorders of sexual differentiation / Sheri A. Berenbaum; title: Control of the onset of puberty / Jean-Pierre Bourguignon; title: Growth hormone, sex steroids, and insulin-like growth factor I : metabolic effects in puberty and beyond / Nelly Mauras; title: Precocious puberty / Peter A. Lee and James R. Kerrigan; title: Delayed puberty / John C. Achermann; title: Gynecomastia / Edward O. Reiter and Glenn D. Braunstein; title: Hyperandrogenism in children and adolescents / M. Belén Roldán-Martin and Selma Feldman Witchel; title: Endocrine disrupters and development of the reproductive system : a pediatric perspective / Katharina M. Main ... [et al.]; title: Glucose homeostasis; title: Hypoglycemia in infants and children / Agneta L. Sunehag and Morey W. Haymond; title: Genetics of type 1 diabetes / Alba E. Morales, Jin-Xiong She, and Desmond A. Schatz; title: Pathophysiology of insulin-dependent diabetes / Rosanna V. Fiallo-Scharer and George S. Eisenbarth; title: Management of type 1 diabetes mellitus / David W. Cooke and Leslie P. Plotnick; title: Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents / Neslihan Güngör, Ingrid M. Libman, and Silva A. Arslanian; title: Cystic fibrosis/related diabetes / Antoinette Moran; title: Thyroid; title: Molecular mechanisms of normal and abnormal thyroid gland development / Guy Van Vliet; title: Congenital hypothyroidism / M. H. MacGillivray; title: Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in children / Scott A. Rivkees; title: Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer in children and adolescents / Andrew J. Bauer, R. Michael Tuttle, and Gary L. Francis; title: Adrenal; title: Molecular development of the adrenal gland / David H. Geller and Walter L. Miller; title: Clinical adrenal disorders / Allen W. Root and Dorothy I. Shulman; title: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia / Phyllis W. Speiser; title: Bone and mineral metabolism; title: Disorders of mineral metabolism / Ze'ev Hochberg and Dov Tiosano; title: Hereditary defects in vitamin d metabolism and function / Anthony A. Portale and Walter L. Miller; title: Rickets associated with hypophosphatemia / Morri E. Markowitz; title: Pediatric bone disorders / Linda A. DiMeglio; title: Abnormalities of nutrition; title: Childhood obesity / Robert H. Lustig, Chaluntorn Preeyasombat, and Pedro A. Velasquez-Mieyer; title: Adipose tissue function and the genetics of obesity / David G. Segal and Robert V. Considine; title: Eating disorders : identification, evaluation, and treatment of endocrine disorders associated with eating disorders / Margaret J. Blythe and Lee Ann E. Conard; title: Systemic endocrinology; title: Syndromes with multiple endocrine abnormalities / Constantine A. Stratakis; title: Endocrine aspects of stress / Abby S. Hollander and Louis J. Muglia; title: Laboratory testing in pediatric endocrinology / Frank B. Diamond, Jr. and Barry B. Bercu; title: Normative laboratory results / Frank B. Diamond, Jr. and Barry B. Bercu.