A benchmark reference textbook. An exceptional editorial team and internationally renowned contributors come together to bring you Brook’s Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology . This new book is full of practical advice and is essential reading for everyone involved in the care of children and adolescents with endocrine disease and disorders.
This outstanding reference book has been fully updated to feature new concepts, new investigations and new molecular mechanisms and is full of practical, clinical advice. The perfect text for pediatric endocrinologists, endocrinologists and pediatricians.
Author(s): Charles G. D. Brook, Peter Clayton, Rosalind Brown
Edition: 6
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 638
Brook’s Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1: Genetics and Genomics......Page 11
2: Principles of Hormone Action......Page 34
3: Measuring Hormones, Molecular Tests and their Clinical Application......Page 50
4: Congenital Disorders of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Somatotrope Axis......Page 70
5: Acquired Disorders of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis......Page 116
6: Evaluation of Growth Disorders......Page 134
7: Management of Disordered Growth......Page 165
8: Evaluation and Management of Late Effects of Cancer Treatment......Page 179
9: Evaluation and Management of Disorders of Sex Development......Page 202
10: Evaluation of Disordered Puberty......Page 223
11: Management of Disordered Puberty......Page 249
12: The Thyroid......Page 264
13: The Adrenal Cortex and its Disorders......Page 297
14: Polyglandular Syndromes......Page 341
15: Disorders of Water Balance......Page 357
16: The Parathyroid and Disorders of Calcium and Bone Metabolism......Page 388
17: Endocrine Neoplasia in Childhood......Page 442
18: Diabetes Mellitus......Page 472
19: Hypoglycemia: Assessment and Management......Page 519
20: Childhood Obesity......Page 544
21: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome......Page 573
22: Weight Regulation and Monogenic Obesity......Page 585
23: Ethical Issues in Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology......Page 592
Appendix: Syndrome-specific Growth Charts......Page 604
Index......Page 613
Color Plates......Page 259
