Pediatric Endocrinology

This work provides comprehensive discussions of all important clinical situations that may be encountered in paediatric endocrinology, from growth disorders, thyroid diseases and the adrenal glands and sexual development, to calcium and phosphorus metabolism, diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia. This edition offers chapters on psychosocial issues and treatment of short stature, Turner's Syndrome, recent advances in diabetes mellitus, endocrine issues in AIDS patients and long-term survivors of cancer, eating disorders and nontraditional inheritance of endocrine disorders.