Research Catalog

Title

Pediatric endocrinology / edited by Fima Lifshitz.

Publication

New York : Marcel Dekker, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lifshitz, Fima, 1938-

Description

xxv, 1090 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Clinical pediatrics ; 9

Uniform Title

Clinical pediatrics (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; v. 9.

Subjects

• Endocrine System Diseases > Child
• Pediatric endocrinology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Robert M. Blizzard -- Foreword / Maria I. New -- 1. Worrisome Growth / Fima Lifshitz and Diego Botero -- 2. Hypopituitarism and Other Disorders of the Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis / Arlan L. Rosenbloom and Ellen Lancon Connor -- 3. Growth Hormone Treatment / David B. Allen -- 4. Skeletal Dysplasias / Mordechai Shohat and David L. Rimoin -- 5. Tall Stature and Excessive Growth Syndromes / S. Douglas Frasier -- 6. Adrenal Cortex: Hypo- and Hyperfunction / Claude J. Migeon and Roberto L. Lanes -- 7. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia / Maria I. New and Lucia Ghizzoni -- 8. Disorders of the Adrenal Medulla: Catecholamine-Producing Tumors in Childhood / Karel Pacak, Martina Weise, Graeme Eisenhofer, Frederieke M. Brouwers and Christian A. Koch -- 9. Puberty and Its Disorders / Peter A. Lee -- 10. Turner Syndrome / E. Kirk Neely and Ron G. Rosenfeld -- 11. Nonendocrine Vaginal Bleeding / Albert Altchek --
• 12. Hirsutism, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and Menstrual Disorders / Songya Pang -- 13. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation / Adriana A. Carrillo, Marco Danon and Gary D. Berkovitz -- 14. Thyroid Disorders in Infancy / Guy Van Vliet -- 15. Hypothyroidism / John S. Dallas and Thomas P. Foley, Jr. -- 16. Hyperthyroidism / John S. Dallas and Thomas P. Foley, Jr. -- 17. Thyromegaly / John S. Dallas and Thomas P. Foley, Jr. -- 18. Thyroid Tumors in Children / Donald Zimmerman -- 19. Hypoparathyroidism and Mineral Homeostasis / Jaakko Perheentupa -- 20. Hyperparathyroidism in Children / Scott A. Rivkees and Thomas O. Carpenter -- 21. Neonatal Calcium and Phosphorus Disorders / Winston W. K. Koo -- 22. Metabolic Bone Disease / Joseph M. Gertner -- 23. Hypoglycemia in the Newborn, Including the Infant of a Diabetic Mother / Hussien M. Farrag and Richard M. Cowett -- 24. Hypoglycemia in Children / Joseph I. Wolfsdorf and David A. Weinstein --
• 25. Diabetes in the Child and Adolescent / Arlan L. Rosenbloom and Janet H. Silverstein -- 26. Management of the Child with Diabetes / Oscar Escobar, Dorothy J. Becker and Allan L. Drash -- 27. Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Dorothy J. Becker, Allan L. Drash and Oscar Escobar -- 28. Autoimmune Endocrinopathies / William E. Winter -- 29. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes / Giulia Costi and Noel K. Maclaren -- 30. Endocrine Tumors in Children / Muhammad A. Jabbar -- 31. Nontraditional Inheritance of Endocrine Disorders / Judith G. Hall -- 32. Disorders of Water Homeostasis / Joseph A. Majzoub and Louis J. Muglia -- 33. Emergencies of Inborn Metabolic Diseases / Jose E. Abdenur -- 34. Obesity in Children / Ramin Alemzadeh, Russell Rising, Maribel Cedillo and Fima Lifshitz -- 35. Hyperliporpoteinemias in Children and Adolescents / Kurt Widhalm -- 36. Endocrine Disorders After Cancer Therapy / Raphael Rappaport and Elisabeth Thibaud --
• 37. Endocrine Alterations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections / Robert Rapaport and Daphne Sack-Rivers -- 38. Hypertension in Children: Endocrine Considerations / Julie R. Ingelfinger -- 39. Dietary Supplements to Enhance Athletic Performance / Alan D. Rogol -- 40. Using the Web to Obtain Information on Genetic and Hormone Disorders / John A. Phillips III -- 41. Hormone Measurements and Dynamic Tests in Pediatric Endocrinology / Adriana A. Carrillo and Fred Chasalow -- 42. Reimbursement Issues in Endocrinology: A Coding Supplement / Bridget F. Recker -- 43. Reference Charts Used Frequently by Endocrinologists in Assessing the Growth and Development of Youth / Adriana A. Carillo and Bridget F. Recker.

ISBN

0824708164 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002044462

OCLC

• ocm51216230
• SCSB-4795992

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries