Format:
X + 182 S
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2009
ISBN:
3805578679
Series Statement:
Endocrine development 8
Content:
This book on abnormalities in puberty presents an overview on the latest knowledge on the mechanisms of the developmental processes of puberty. Although the exact mechanisms of reawakening of the GnRH pulse generator at the onset of puberty still have to be elucidated, many genetic and environmental factors have been identified to play a major role. Topics discussed in individual chapters include the endocrine and metabolic issues related to the 'developmental origin of adult disease' hypothesis and polycystic ovary syndrome as well as abnormalities in GnRH controlling genes, GnRH-secreting hamartoma as a model for the onset of puberty, experience on the application of GnRH analogues in the treatment of central precocious puberty, and the psychosocial effects of an early puberty.This volume provides the paediatrician, endocrinologist, gynaecologist and general practitioner with underlying information as well as practical tokens on how to manage the various conditions of a disturbed process of puberty
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Secular Trend of Timing of Puberty; Fetal Nutrition and Timing of Puberty; Adrenal Function of Low-Birthweight Children; Puberty and Fertility in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; Molecular Genetics of Isolated Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism and Kallmann Syndrome; Hypothalamic Hamartoma: A Paradigm/Model for Studying the Onset of Puberty; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogue Treatment for Precocious Puberty; Very Long-Term Follow-Up of Girls with Early and Late Menarche; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescence
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Reversing Sex Steroid Deficiency and Optimizing Skeletal Development in the Adolescent with Gonadal FailurePresent and Future Options for the Preservation of Fertility in Female Adolescents with Cancer; Author Index; Subject Index
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Secular Trend of Timing of Puberty; Fetal Nutrition and Timing of Puberty; Adrenal Function of Low-Birthweight Children; Puberty and Fertility in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; Molecular Genetics of Isolated Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism and Kallmann Syndrome; Hypothalamic Hamartoma: A Paradigm/Model for Studying the Onset of Puberty; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogue Treatment for Precocious Puberty; Very Long-Term Follow-Up of Girls with Early and Late Menarche; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescence
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Reversing Sex Steroid Deficiency and Optimizing Skeletal Development in the Adolescent with Gonadal FailurePresent and Future Options for the Preservation of Fertility in Female Adolescents with Cancer; Author Index; Subject Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783318011784
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783805578677
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Abnormalities in Puberty
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
DOI:
10.1159/isbn.978-3-318-01178-4
