Handbook of Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology

by Charles G. D. Brook; Rosalind S. Brown

• ISBN13: 9781405161091
• ISBN10: 1405161094
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Handbook of Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology provides an up-to-date clinical guide presenting best (and, where possible, evidence-based) practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management of pediatric endocrine disorders. It is a companion title to Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, which is well established as the leading international work of reference in the field of pediatric endocrinology, covering endocrine disorders, their diagnosis and treatment.

Author Biography

Dr Charles Brook MBBChir MA MD FRCP FRCPCH
Former Director, London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism; Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, University College, and Consultant Paediatrician, University College London Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London

Dr Brook trained at Cambridge University, UK, St Thomas's and Great Ormond Street Hospitals, London, UK and Kinderspital Zurich, Switzerland. He achieved a personal chair in Paediatric Endocrinology at University College London in 1989. In 1994, he initiated the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology providing a seamless service for infants, children, adolescents and adults between Great Ormond Street and University College London Hospitals. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at University College London and honorary consulting paediatric endocrinologist to Great Ormond Street and University College London Hospitals. Dr Brook's main research interests are all aspects of paediatric endocrinology, particularly skeletal dysplasias, endocrine damage by radiotherapy, and Turner Syndrome.

Professor Rosalind Brown, MD, received her bachelor's degree and medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She is an active staff member at Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts, and is a consulting staff member at MetroWest Medical Center. At Children's Hospital Boston, Dr. Brown is the director of Clinical Trial Research (Endocrinology), the coordinator of the Clinical Research Conference, Endocrine Division, the Children's Hospital Boston liaison for the Inter-Hospital Thyroid Conference, and serves as chair of the Career Development Workshop Subcommittee, Endocrine Division.
Dr. Brown is a member of the Board of Directors for Endocrine Education, and she is a member of the Public Health Committee of the American Thyroid Association. Dr. Brown has published over 35 articles, has written 20 book chapters, serves on the editorial board for Thyroid, and is an ad hoc reviewer for Endocrinology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Immunological Methods, Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Science, and Thyroid.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
The Application of Science to Clinical Practice	p. 1
The Endocrine Problems of Infancy	p. 14
Problems of Growth in Childhood	p. 33
Problems of Puberty and Adolescence	p. 59
The Thyroid Gland	p. 84
The Adrenal Gland	p. 99
Disorders of Calcium and Bone Metabolism	p. 123
Water Balance	p. 146
Polyglandular Syndromes	p. 164
Hypoglycemia	p. 172
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	p. 179
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus	p. 189
Tests and Normal Values in Pediatric Endocrinology	p. 214
Syndrome-Specific Growth Charts	p. 238
Normal Values	p. 250
Index	p. 257
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