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Handbook of clinical pediatric endocrinology / Charles G.D. Brook, Rosalind S. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brook, C. G. D. (Charles Groves Darville)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pediatric endocrinology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Pediatric endocrinology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Commended in the Endocrinology category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition 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.
- Contents:
- The application of scientific advances to clinical practice
- Endocrine problems in infancy and their long-term consequences
- Problems of growth in childhood
- Problems of puberty and adolescence
- The thyroid gland
- The adrenal gland
- Disorders of calcium and bone metabolism
- Water balance
- Polyglandular syndromes
- Hypoglycemia
- Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Tests and normal values.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612341878
- 9781282341876
- 1282341871
- 9780470696286
- 0470696281
- 9780470695548
- 0470695544
- OCLC:
- 609848905
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