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List of contributors | |
Foreword | |
Preface | |
Historical background and worldwide perspectives | p. 1 |
Physiology of Linear Growth | p. 15 |
Cellular growth | p. 17 |
Bone and cartilage growth | p. 27 |
Genetic control of growth | p. 39 |
Rhythms of linear growth | p. 63 |
Nutrition and growth | p. 79 |
Endocrinology of growth | p. 97 |
Central regulation of growth hormone secretion | p. 99 |
Peripheral hormone action | p. 126 |
Normal fetal growth | p. 143 |
Growth in infancy and childhood | p. 159 |
Growth at adolescence | p. 179 |
Growth Assessment | p. 195 |
Abnormal growth: definition, pathogenesis and practical assessment | p. 197 |
Practical auxology: techniques of measurement and assessment of skeletal maturity | p. 225 |
Endocrine assessment of growth | p. 237 |
Radiologic and imaging assessment of the skeletal dysplasias | p. 251 |
Psychological assessment of children with growth deficiency | p. 265 |
Chronic Paediatric Disorders and Management of Associated Growth Disturbance | p. 279 |
Pregnancy and the growth restricted fetus | p. 281 |
Genetic and dysmorphic syndromes of short stature | p. 297 |
Genetic and dysmorphic syndromes with tall stature | p. 323 |
Skeletal dysplasias | p. 337 |
Respiratory disease and growth | p. 357 |
Gastrointestinal disorders | p. 371 |
Growth failure in chronic renal disorders | p. 387 |
Disorders of calcium | p. 409 |
Diabetes | p. 421 |
Growth and the cardiovascular system | p. 435 |
Neurological disorders | p. 447 |
Haemoglobinopathies | p. 471 |
Psychological disorders | p. 483 |
Growth failure in tropical and developing countries | p. 497 |
Endocrine Causes of Abnormal Growth | p. 509 |
Abnormalities of growth hormone | p. 511 |
Secretion | p. 511 |
Action | p. 549 |
Growth and thyroid disorders | p. 565 |
Adrenal and gonadal disorders | p. 575 |
Treatment of Growth Disorders | p. 587 |
Growth hormone deficiency | p. 589 |
Idiopathic short stature | p. 609 |
Turner and Noonan syndromes: disease-specific growth and growth-promoting therapies | p. 623 |
Disorders of growth and development in the child treated for cancer | p. 641 |
Intrauterine growth retardation | p. 661 |
Constitutional delay of growth and puberty | p. 673 |
Treatment of growth hormone resistance | p. 691 |
Growth hormone-releasing hormone and other growth hormone secretagogues | p. 701 |
Limb-lengthening techniques | p. 721 |
Metabolic side effects and adverse effects of growth hormone therapy | p. 745 |
Precocious puberty | p. 765 |
Constitutional advanced growth and gigantism | p. 775 |
Surgical management of tall stature | p. 791 |
Index | p. 801 |
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