Paediatric endocrinology and diabetes / Gary Butler, Jeremy Kirk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Gary (Gary E.), author.

Kirk, Jeremy, author.

Series:

Oxford specialist handbooks in paediatrics.

Oxford medical publications.

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics

Oxford Medical Publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatric endocrinology.

Diabetes in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The paediatric endocrinologist deals not only with common problems involving growth, puberty, and diabetes, but also with specific hormonal defects involving glands such as the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals, and pituitary. These can vary from common variants of normals which will be encountered by all doctors dealing with children, to more rare disorders requiring specialist input.Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes is written by two experienced paediatric endocrinologists, and deals with anatomy and physiology before moving on to identification, investigation and management of specific end

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Symbols and abbreviations""; ""1 Growth (including short stature and tall stature)""; ""2 Puberty and its disorders""; ""3 The pituitary and hypopituitarism""; ""4 Endocrine effects of other diseases and treatments""; ""5 Diabetes mellitus""; ""6 Obesity""; ""7 Hypoglycaemia""; ""8 Adrenal gland disorders""; ""9 Thyroid gland disorders""; ""10 Calcium, vitamin D, and bone disorders""; ""11 Disorders of sex development""; ""12 Endocrine emergencies""; ""13 Endocrine investigations and laboratory reference ranges""; ""Appendix 1: Growth charts""

""Appendix 2: Patient support groups and other endocrine organizations""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-172619-2

0-19-162206-0

OCLC:

763157013