Table of Content
Contributors
Preface to Third Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Colour Plates
1: Fundamentals of Pediatric Endocrinology
2: Molecular Basis of Pediatric Endocrinopathies
3: Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology
3.1 Fetal and Neonatal Endocrine System
3.2 Metabolic and Endocrine Consequences of Intrauterine Growth Retardation
4: Normal and Abnormal Growth
4.1 Normal Growth
4.2 Growth Retardation
4.3 Tall Stature and Overgrowth Syndromes
4.4 Skeletal Dysplasias
5: Disorders of Growth Hormone Production and Action
5.1 Growth Hormone Deficiency and Insensitivity
5.2 CNS Tumours and Hypopituitarism
5.3 Growth Hormone Therapy: Principles and Practice
6: Disorders of Pubertal Development
6.1 Physiology of Puberty
6.2 Delayed Puberty
6.3 Precocious Puberty
6.4 Gynecomastia
6.5 Peripubertal Hyperandrogenism and Hirsutism
6.6 Gynecological Problems in Childhood and Adolescence
7: Turner Syndrome
8: Disorders of the Thyroid Gland
8.1 The Thyroid Gland
8.2 Hypothyroidism, Goitre and Thyroid Neoplasia
8.3 Hyperthyroidism
8.4 Health Consequences of Iodine Deficiency in Children
9: The Adrenal Glands
9.1 The Adrenal Cortex—Physiology
9.2 Disorders of Adrenocortical Biosynthesis
9.3 Hyperfunction of the Adrenal Cortex
9.4 Adrenal Insufficiency
9.5 Glucocorticoid Therapy
9.6 Endocrine Hypertension in Children
10: Disorders of Sex Development
10.1 Evaluation of a Child with Ambiguous Genitalia—Diagnosis and Management
10.2 Micropenis
10.3 Undescended Testes
11: Disorders of Water, Electrolyte and Acid–Base Homeostasis
11.1 Disorders of Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis
11.2 Renal Tubular Acidosis
12: Diabetes Mellitus
12.1 Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus—Pathogenesis and Prevention
12.2 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Other Forms of Diabetes in Children
12.3 Ambulatory Management of Diabetes Mellitus
12.4 Acute and Chronic Complications of Diabetes in Childhood
12.5 The Infant of a Diabetic Mother
13: Hypoglycemia in Infancy and Childhood
14: Childhood Obesity
15: Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus and Bone Metabolism
15.1 Normal Mineral Metabolism
15.2 Evaluation of Children with Bone and Mineral Disorders
15.3 Hypocalcemia, Hypercalcemia and Disorders of the Parathyroid Glands
15.4 Metabolic Bone Disease
16: Polyglandular Endocrine Syndromes
17: Endocrine Consequences of Systemic Disorders
17.1 Growth and Endocrine Function in β-Thalassemia Major
17.2 Growth and Endocrine Dysfunction in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
18: Principles of Hormone Measurement
Index
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