Overview
- An up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive discussion of the diagnosis and management of pediatric pituitary disorders
- Discusses embryologic and genetic disorders, acquired disorders (tumors), posterior disorders, and functional hypothalamic-pituitary hormone deficiences
- Useful for clinical endocrinologists and translational researchers alike
Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)
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This unique book presents an up-to-date discussion of clinical disorders of the pituitary gland in children with specific emphasis on state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment modalities, highlighting the newest scientific advances in genomics and molecular biology that clinician-scientists caring for children need to know. Chapters focus on the current knowledge base in genomics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and medical and surgical management, organized into thematic sections. Part I discusses embryologic and genetic disorders, including genomics and congenital disorders of the pituitary. Part II presents acquired pituitary disorders, such as prolactinomas, Cushing's Disease, and both hormone secreting and non-secreting pituitary tumors. Subsequent sections cover posterior pituitary disorders, such as diabetes insipidus, functional hormone deficiencies of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, including delayed puberty and pubertal disorders and growth hormone disorders, neuro-opthalmicdisease, CNS radiation, childhood cancer treatment and traumatic brain injury.
Authoritative and comprehensive, Pituitary Disorders of Childhood will serve as a precise guide for clinical endocrinologists and will guide future investigation into translational and clinical research on the pediatric pituitary.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Neuro-Opthalmic Diseases
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CNS Radiation
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Childhood Cancer Treatment
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Traumatic Brain Injury
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pituitary Disorders of Childhood
Book Subtitle: Diagnosis and Clinical Management
Editors: Brenda Kohn
Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11339-1
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11338-4Published: 12 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11339-1Published: 27 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2523-3785
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 362
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Pediatrics