Clinical pediatric endocrinology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Charles G.D. Brook, Peter E. Clayton, Rosalind S. Brown ; foreword by Martin O. Savage

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• Edizione: 5th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (618 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/4; 618.924
• Soggetto topico: Pediatric endocrinology
• Altri autori: BrookC. G. D (Charles Groves Darville) ClaytonPeter E BrownRosalind S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface to the fifth edition; Preface to the first edition; 1 Principles of hormone action; 2 Genetics,genomics,proteomics, and bioinformatics; 3 Measuring hormones,molecular and their clinical application; 4 Congenital disorders of the hypothalamic -pituitary axis; 5 Normal and disordered growth; 6 Genetic syndromes and dysmorphology; 7 Acquired abnormalities of the hypothalamic -pituitary axis leading to growth impairment; 8 Development of the reproductive systems; 9 Ambiguous genitalia; 10 Normal and abnormal puberty ; 11 Gynecology12 The thyroid and its disorders; 13 The parathyroid and disorders of calcium metabolism; 14 Disorders of bone metabolism; 15 The adrenal cortex and its disorders; 16 Polyglandular syndromes; 17 Disorders of water balance; 18 Endocrine programming and the fetal and early-life origins of adult disease; 19 Weight regulation and monogenic obesity; 20 Metabolic consequences of obesity and their management; 21 Diabetes mellitus; 22 Hypoglycemia; 23 Endocrine consequences of systemic disease:critical illness; 24 Consequences of radiotherapy, chemotherapy,and bone marrow transplant ; 25 Tests and normal values in pediatric endocrinologyAppendix; Index; Colour Plate section
• Sommario/riassunto: This new edition of the benchmark text on clinical pediatric endocrinology still remains at the forefront of world clinical opinion. Furthermore, the style, which has been the hallmark of the book for the last 20 years, has been maintained for this Fifth Edition. New features of this Fifth Edition include:Special new chapters cover the fetal origins of adult disease and theendocrine consequences and management of critical illness Now opens with a basic science section summarizing the mechanisms of hormone action, genomics, proteomics and the application
• Titolo autorizzato: Clinical pediatric endocrinology
• ISBN: 1-280-74826-5; 9786610748266; 0-470-76148-2; 0-470-98711-1; 1-4051-7166-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143297503321
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