Pediatric Endocrinology - Two Volumes Set

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. This Fifth Edition also devotes chapters to the diseases of the endocrine glands, including disorders of growth, the adrenal cortex and medulla, as well as sexual differentiation, thyroid, and parathyroid conditions and fluid balance diseases. .

Volume 1
OBESITY. Obesity in Children. Treatment of Childhood Obesity. DIABETES. Diagnosis & Classification of Diabetes in Children. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children. Diabetes Autoimmunity. Management of the Child with Type 1 Diabetes. Practical Aspects of Diabetic Care. Hyperglycemic Comas in Children. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Genetic & Atypical Diabetes Mellitus. INSULIN RESISTANCE AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Insulin Resistance Syndrome. Low Birth Weight & Endocrine Dysfunction in Post-Natal Life. Hypertension in Children: Endocrine Considerations. Lipid Disorders in Children & Adolescents. HYPOGLYCEMIA. Hypoglycemia in Children. Neonatal Hypoglycemia. Emergencies of Inborn Metabolic Disease. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS & RESOURCES. Private Pediatric Endocrine Practice. Clinical Research. Reference Charts and Tables

Volume 2
GROWTH & GROWTH DISORDERS. Worrisome Growth. Idiopathic Short Stature. Hypopituitarism and Other Disorders of the Growth Hormone (GH) Insulin Like Growth Factors-I (IGF-I) Axis. Growth Hormone Deficiency in the Adult. Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood. Growth Hormone Treatment. The Skeletal Dysplasias. Overgrowth Syndromes: Evaluation & Management of the Child with Excessive Growth. ADRENAL DISORDERS & SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT ABNORMALITIES. Adrenal Cortex: Hypo and Hyperfunction. An Update of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Disorders of the Adrenal Medulla- Catecholamine Producing Tumors in Childhood. Puberty & Its Disorders. Turner Syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome & Hirsutism. Menstrual Disorders in Adolescents. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation. THYROID DISORDERS. Thyroid Disorders of Infancy. Hypothyroidism. Hyperthyroidism. Thyromegaly. Thyroid Nodules and Cancers in Children. DISORDERS OF CALCIUM & MINERAL METABOLISM. Calcium Disorders in Children. Neonatal Calcium. Phosphorus & Magnesium Disorders. Rickets & Osteoporosis. Syndromes with Brittle Bones, Hyperostotic Bone Diseases & Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone. MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS. Abnormal Endocrine Test Results Due to Non-endocrine Conditions. Autoimmune Endocrinopathies. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias. Endocrine Tumors. Disorders of Water Homeostasis. Endocrine Disorders after Cancer Therapy. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS & RESOURCES. Radiation Terrorism. Using the Web to Obtain Information on Genetic and Hormone Disorders. Hormonal Dynamic Tests & Genetic Tests Used in Pediatric Endocrinology

Edited by Fima Lifshitz
Contributors: David L. Rimoin, Thomas P. Foley, Jr., Arlan L. Rosenbloom, David B. Allen, Omer Tarim, Ron G. Rosenfeld, Maria I. New, Peter A. Lee, Gary Berkovitz, John S. Dallas, Ruben Diaz, Catherine M. Gordon, Adda Grimberg, Mohammad Jabbar, Winston Koo, Roberto Lanes, Joseph A. Majzoub, Claude J. Migeon, E. Kirk Neely, John A. Phillips III, Horacio Plotkin, Raphael Rappaport, Allen W. Root, Guy van Vliet, William E. Winter, Donald Zimmerman, Anna Kozupa, Selma Feldman Witchel, Stephen Albert Huang, Berrin Ergun-Longmire, Philip D.K. Lee, Henry Anhalt, Adriana Carrillo, Frank Diamond, Amy Fleischman, Christopher P. Houk, Brandon M. Nathan, Karel Pacak, Michel Polak, Abhinash Srivasta, Mordechai Shohat, Amrit Bhangoo, Ellen Lancon-Connor, Lucia Ghizzoni, Karen Lin-Su, Graeme Eisenhofer, Patricia Y. Fechner, Middey Damian, Isil Halac, Giulia Costi, Noel K. Maclaren, Elisabeth Thibaud, Edward P. Krezelok, Martin Charron, Faina Linkov, Yong Bao