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CRC Press
1352 Pages
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CRC Press
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Celebrating more than twenty years as the single best source in the field, this Fifth Edition has now expanded into two cornerstone volumes with 53 fully inclusive chapters and 73 renowned contributors that comprehensively address every topic and trend relevant to the identification, diagnosis, and management of endocrine and endocrine-related disorders in children. Substantially revised, the Fifth Edition covers the most up-to-date appraisal of obesity in the pediatric population, as well as examines the latest breakthroughs in the care of diabetes, hypoglycemia, insulin resistance, and hypoglycemic syndromes.
Foreword Janet H. Silverstein, Foreword Robert M. Blizzard, Foreword Joseph I. Wolfsdorf, Foreword Maria I. New, Preface, Acknowledgments, Contributors, VOLUME 1, SECTION I: OBESITY, 1. Obesity in Children, 2. Treatment of Pediatric Obesity, SECTION II: DIABETES, 3. Diabetes in the Child and Adolescent: Diagnosis and Classification, 4. Type 1 Diabetes in the Child and Adolescent, 5. Diabetes Autoimmunity, 6. Management of the Child with Type 1 Diabetes, 7. Practical Aspects of Diabetes Care, 8. Hyperglycemic Comas in Children, 9. Type 2 Diabetes in the Child and Adolescent, 10. Maturity-Onset Diabetes of Youth and Other Genetic Conditions Associated with Diabetes, SECTION III: INSULIN RESISTANCE AND ITS COMPLICATIONS, 11. Insulin Resistance Syndrome in Childhood and Beyond, 12. Low Birth Weight and Endocrine Dysfunction in Postnatal Life, 13. Hypertension in Children: Endocrine Considerations, 14. Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents, SECTION IV: HYPOGLYCEMIA, 15. Hypoglycemia in Children, 16. Hypoglycemia in the Newborn, 17. Emergencies of Inborn Metabolic Disease, SECTION V: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RESOURCES, 18. Private Practice of Pediatric Endocrinology, 19. Clinical Research in Children, 20. Reference Charts and Tables Frequently Used by Endocrinologists, Index of Volume 1, VOLUME 2, SECTION I: GROWTH AND GROWTH DISORDERS, 1. Worrisome Growth, 2. Idiopathic Short Stature, 3. Hypopituitarism and Other Disorders of the Growth Hormone–Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Axis, 4. Growth Hormone–Deficiency in the Adult: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood, 5. Growth Hormone Treatment, 6. The Skeletal Dysplasias, 7. Overgrowth Syndromes: Evaluation and Management of the Child with Excessive Linear Growth, SECTION II: ADRENAL DISORDERS AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT ABNORMALITIES, 8. Adrenal Cortex: Hypo- and Hyperfunction, 9. An Update of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, 10. Disorders of the Adrenal Medulla-Catecholamine Producing Tumors in Childhood, 11. Puberty and Its Disorders, 12. Turner Syndrome, 13. Hirsutism and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, 14. Adolescent Menstrual Abnormalities, 15. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation, SECTION III: THYROID DISORDERS, 16. Thyroid Disorders in Infancy, 17. Hypothyroidism, 18. Hyperthyroidism, 19. Thyromegaly, 20. Thyroid Tumors in Children, SECTION IV: DISORDERS OF CALCIUM AND MINERAL METABOLISM, 21. Calcium Disorders in Children and Adolescents, 22. Neonatal Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphorus Disorders, 23. Rickets and Osteoporosis, 24. Syndromes with Brittle Bones, Hyperostotic Bone Diseases, and Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone, SECTION V: MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS, 25. Abnormal Endocrine Test Results Due to Nonendocrine Conditions, 26. Autoimmune Endocrinopathies, 27. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias, 28. Endocrine Tumors in Children, 29. Disorders of Water Homeostasis, 30. Endocrine Disorders After Cancer Therapy, SECTION VI: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RESOURCES, 31. Radiation Terrorism, 32. Using the Web to Obtain Information on Genetic and Hormone Disorders, 33. Hormonal Dynamic Tests and Genetic Tests Used in Pediatric Endocrinology, Index of Volume 2
Biography
Fima Lifshitz
