Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology 2005 : Endorsed by the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)

by Carel, Jean-Claude

• ISBN13: 9783805579964
• ISBN10: 3805579969
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: S Karger Pub

Summary

The body of knowledge in most medical specialties is rapidly expanding, making it virtually impossible to follow all advances in clinical and basic sciences that are relevant to a given field. This is particularly true in pediatric endocrinology, at the cross-road of pediatrics, endocrinology, development and genetics. The 2005 Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology brings you a selection of articles that report the year's breakthrough developments in basic sciences and evidence-based new knowledge in clinical research and clinical practice that are relevant to the field. Covering the medical literature published from July 2004 through June 2005, the editors and associate editors selected from several thousand papers those that brought the most meaningful new information, summarized them and provided comments to put them into perspective. The papers are classified into those that identify new genes involved in diseases, new hormones, concepts revised or re-centered, impo

Table of Contents

Preface
Pituitary	p. 1
Thyroid	p. 17
Growth and growth factors	p. 33
Growth plate and cellular growth	p. 47
Bone and mineral metabolism	p. 63
New methods	p. 81
Reproductive endocrinology	p. 89
Adrenals	p. 107
Population genetics and pharmacogenetics	p. 119
Type 1 diabetes : clinical and experimental	p. 135
Obesity and weight regulation	p. 151
Insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes	p. 163
The year in science and medicine	p. 175
Editor's choice	p. 195
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