Pediatric Endocrinology

Celebrating more than twenty years as the single best source in the field this Fifth Edition has now expanded into two cornerstone volumes with 53 fully inclusive chapters and 73 renowned contributors that comprehensively address every topic and trend relevant to the identification diagnosis and management of endocrine and endocrine-related disorders in children. Substantially revised the Fifth Edition covers the most up-to-date appraisal of obesity in the pediatric population as well as examines the latest breakthroughs in the care of diabetes hypoglycemia insulin resistance and hypoglycemic syndromes. This Fifth Edition also devotes chapters to the diseases of the endocrine glands including disorders of growth the adrenal cortex and medulla as well as sexual differentiation thyroid and parathyroid conditions and fluid balance diseases.