When Puberty is Precocious : Scientific and Clinical Aspects
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edited by Ora H. Pescovitz, Emily C. Walvoord.
--Totowa:
Humana Press
, c2007.
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When Puberity is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects provides a unique continuum of expertise, looking at puberty from anthropologic, epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular perspectives. The volume addresses broad pubertal changes in the general population while at the same time providing in depth information about specific disorders of puberty and the latest management changes. The text is divided into seven parts. The first is an in-depth investigation into neuroendocrine control of p…
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- Author
- Pescovitz, Ora H
- Other Authors
- Walvoord, Emily C
- Responsibility
- edited by Ora H. Pescovitz, Emily C. Walvoord
- Place of Publication
- Totowa
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (468 p.)
- Series Title
- Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9781597454995 [corrected]
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Puberty, Precocious - etiology
- Puberty, Precocious - physiopathology
- Psychosexual Development - physiology
- Endocrine Disruptors - therapeutic use
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Endocrinology
- Pediatrics
- Developmental biology
- Abstract
- When Puberity is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects provides a unique continuum of expertise, looking at puberty from anthropologic, epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular perspectives. The volume addresses broad pubertal changes in the general population while at the same time providing in depth information about specific disorders of puberty and the latest management changes. The text is divided into seven parts. The first is an in-depth investigation into neuroendocrine control of puberty, the second looks at secular trends and the onset of puberty, and the third provides an examination into isolated breast development. The fourth section covers adrenal abnormalities and puberty, the next two sections include chapters on gonadotropinÇÖs effects, and the final section is a looks at environmental effects on puberty. Comprehensive and timely, When Puberity is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects will become an essential reference for endocrinologists and internists with an interest in precocious puberty.
- Contents
- 1. Control puberty in rodents : special focus on the female / Sabine Heger and Sergio R. Ojeda -- 2. Control of puberty in non-human primates / Tony M. Plant -- 3. Control of puberty in humans / Dennis M. Styne and Melvin M. Grumbach -- 4. Genetic regulation of the variation in pubertal timing / Craig A. Hodges and Mark R. Palmert -- 5. Puberty is starting earlier in the 21st century / Marcia E. Herman-Giddens -- 6. BMI and the onset of puberty / Paul Kaplowitz -- 7. Puberty timing remains unchanged / Peter A. Lee and Christopher P. Houk -- 8. Premature thelarche / Linda A. DiMeglio and Adda Grimberg -- 9. Gynecomastia : epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management / Samar N. Rahhal and John S. Fuqua -- 10. Premature adrenarche : harbingers and consequences / Alicia Belgorosky, Maria Sonia Baquedano, Gabriela Guercio and Marco A. Rivarola -- 11. Pubertal consequences of being born small for gestational age / Dyanne A. Wilson, Wayne S. Cutfield and Paul L. Hofman -- 12. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia / Lenore S. Levine, Sharon E. Oberfield and Lauren Antler -- 13. Polycystic ovary syndrome in the peripubertal period / Selma Feldman Witchel -- 14. Psychological and social problems in children with premature adrenarche and precocious puberty / Lorah D. Dorn -- 15. Etiology of gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty / Erik A. Imel and Kathleen R. Bethin -- 16. Treatment of gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty / Zeina M. Nabhan and Emily C. Walvoord -- 17. McCune-Albright syndrome : pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management / Tamara S. Hannon and Erica A. Eugster -- 18. Familial male-limited precocious puberty / Nerissa C. Kreher -- 19. Gonadal and adrenal tumors / Inessa M. Gelfand, MD and Nadine G. Haddad -- 20. The Role of Endocrine Disruptors in Pubertal Development / Todd D. Nebesio, MD and Ora H. Pescovitz -- 21. Precocious puberty in internationally adopted girls / Grete Teilmann, Anne-Simone Parent, Niels E. Skakkebtek and Jean-Pierre Bourguignon.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
