Description

The pediatric endocrinologist deals not only with common problems involving growth, puberty, and diabetes, but also with specific hormonal defects involving glands. These can vary from common variants of normal which will be encountered by all doctors dealing with children, to more rare disorders requiring specialist input. Advanced therapies in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology is written by experienced pediatric endocrinologist and deals with anatomy and physiology before moving on to identification, investigation, and management of specific endocrine disorders as well as covering common and less common endocrine problems. This reference book is aimed at junior doctors in training both as specialists and as general pediatricians, as well as specialist nurses in endocrinology and diabetes, but will also be of interest to consultants in general pediatrics and pediatricians with an interest in endocrinology and diabetes.