Early Puberty

Latest Findings, Diagnosis, Treatment, Long-term Outcome
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-2-8178-0558-0
Verlag: Springer Paris

Buch, Englisch, 84 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1533 g

This book focuses on the state of the art in fully grasping precocious puberty and its consequences, incorporating advances in the areas of endocrinology, genetics, imaging and therapeutics to offer an indispensable tool for all physicians interested in the latest advances in this field. The authors present the latest findings on early puberty in girls and boys. The dynamic process of maturation is influenced by many signals and reshapes growing children’s role within their environment.

Readers will benefit from the educational value and level of depth of the individual chapters; written by respected experts and in a self-contained format, they can also be read separately to address specific interests.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pienkowski, Catherine

Bouvattier, Claire

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Current Findings in Epidemiology.- Pubertal Precocity and Environmental Endocrine Pollutants.- Neuroendocrine Control of Puberty.- Early Puberty in Children in Special Situations.- Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Precocious Puberty.- Etiologic Diagnosis of Precocious Puberty.- Therapeutic Care: Treatment with GnRH Analogues.- Mid-Term and Long-Term Impacts of GnRH Agonists Treatments.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Catherine Pienkowski is an endocrinologist at Children's Hospital of the University Hospital of Toulouse. Dr. Claire Bouvattier is pediatrician in the Endocrinology Department of the Bicêtre-South Paris hospital. They are both specialized in gynecology of childhood and adolescence and particularly in early puberty.