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1 online resource |
| Contents |
1. Maturation and Physiology of Hypothalamic Regulation of the Gonadal Axis / Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Naoko Inoue, Nahoko Ieda, Vutha Pheng, Kei-ichiro Maeda, and Hiroko Tsukamura -- 2. Genetics of Puberty / Shehla Tabassum and Salman Kirmani -- 3. Hormonal Changes in Childhood and Puberty / Rodolfo A. Rey, Stella M. Campo, María Gabriela Ropelato, and Ignacio Bergadá -- 4. Physical Changes During Pubertal Transition / Ralitsa Robeva and Philip Kumanov -- 5. Growth in Childhood and Puberty / Michael Hermanussen -- 6. Bone Development in Children and Adolescents / Mihail A. Boyanov -- 7. Body Weight and Puberty / Analia Tomova -- 8. The Environmental Factors and Epigenetics of Gametogenesis in Puberty / Sezgin Gunes and Mehmet Alper Arslan -- 9. Timing of Puberty and Secular Trend in Human Maturation / Anastasios Papadimitriou -- 10. Precocious Puberty / Juliane Léger and Jean-Claude Carel -- 11. Constitutional Delayed Puberty / Peter A. Lee and Christopher P. Houk -- 12. Pubertal Dysfunction: A Disorder of GnRH Pulsatility / Lauren C. Passby, Kavitha Rozario, and Jyothis T. George -- 13. Pubertal Gynecomastia / Philip Kumanov -- 14. Pubertal Acne / Devinder Mohan Thappa and Munisamy Malathi -- 15. Adolescent Varicocele / Ahmad Majzoub and Edmund Sabanegh Jr. -- 16. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescent Girls / Sajal Gupta, Elizabeth Pandithurai, and Ashok Agarwal -- 17. Growth Hormone and Steroid Assays' Problems in Childhood and Puberty / Dobrin A. Svinarov -- 18. Psychosocial Development of Adolescents With and Without Deviations / Yolanda N. Evans -- 19. Substance Use in Adolescence / Candice E. Van Skike, Shannon L. Zandy, and Douglas B. Matthews |
| Summary |
Bringing together the latest knowledge on the growth and development of children and the most important abnormalities of puberty, this comprehensive text presents the current views on the pathogenesis, diagnostic possibilities and therapeutic options of the main deviations from the normal course of puberty (e.g., precocious and delayed puberty). The chain of physical and hormonal changes in the transitional years is carefully followed, including the regulation of the hypothalamic pulse generator as well as the timing of puberty. Further topics include growth disturbances, adolescent varicocele, adolescent gynecomastia, polycystic ovary syndrome, pubertal acne, and the psychosocial development of adolescents with pubertal abnormalities. Written and edited by internationally noted experts, Puberty will be an excellent resource for pediatricians, endocrinologists, gynecologists, andrologists, urologists, family practitioners, child psychologists and public health specialists? all those who will be challenged in their everyday practice with the problems of puberty |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 8, 2016) |
| Subject |
Puberty.
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Puberty -- physiology
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Puberty, Delayed -- physiopathology
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Puberty
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Endocrinology.
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Paediatric medicine.
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Reproductive medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Physiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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Puberty
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kumanov, Filip, editor
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Agarwal, Ashok (Physician), editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319321226 |
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3319321226 |
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9783319812021 |
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3319812025 |
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9783319321219 |
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3319321218 |
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