Pituitary Disorders of Childhood Diagnosis and Clinical Management

This unique book presents an up-to-date discussion of clinical disorders of the pituitary gland in children with specific emphasis on state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment modalities, highlighting the newest scientific advances in genomics and molecular biology that clinician-scientists caring f...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kohn, Brenda (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Contemporary Endocrinology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Embryologic and Genetic Disorders of the Pituitary Gland
  • Genomics
  • Genetics of Hypopituitarism
  • Part II. Acquired Pituitary Disorders: Pituitary Tumors and Nonpituitary Sellar Masses
  • Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma: Genomics, Radiologic Findings, Clinical, Prognosis
  • Prolactinomas
  • Cushing’s Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Surgery for Cushing’s Disease
  • Gigantism and Acromegaly
  • TSH Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
  • Molecular Predictors of Clinical Behavior in Pituitary Adenohypophysial Tumors
  • Nonpituitary Sellar Masses and Infiltrative Disorders
  • Part III. Posterior Pituitary Disorders
  • Posterior Pituitary Disorders: Anatomy and Physiology; Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI); Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone (SIADH)
  • Part IV. Functional Hypothalamic-Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies
  • Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (Isolated GnRH Deficiency)
  • Genetics of Delayed Puberty
  • Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
  • Part V. Neuro-opthalmic Diseases
  • Neuro-ophthalmic Diseases and Endocrinologic Function
  • Part VI. CNS Radiation
  • CNS Radiation of Childhood CNS Tumors
  • Part VII. Childhood Cancer Treatment
  • Hypothalamic-Pituitary Dysfunction as a Late-Effect of Childhood Cancer, Brain Tumors and their Treatments
  • Part VIII. Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Pituitary Response to Traumatic Brain Injury