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Subject(s)

• Pediatric endocrinology [Browse]
• Diabetes in children [Browse]

Author

• Kirk, Jeremy, Dr [Browse]

Series

• Oxford specialist handbooks in paediatrics. [More in this series]
• Oxford medical publications. [More in this series]
• Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics
• Oxford Medical Publications

Summary note

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

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Bibliographic references

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

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

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""

ISBN

• 0-19-172619-2
• 0-19-162206-0

OCLC

763157013

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