Pediatric Endocrinology: Expert Consult - Online and Print - Hardcover

Sperling MD, Mark A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0721695396 ISBN 13: 9780721695396

Publisher: Saunders, 2002

Synopsis

This comprehensive, definitive reference in the field, incorporates all of today's explosive discoveries in basic and clinical endocrinology. Its reliable, cutting-edge guidance for a full range of problems is combined with a wealth of information on the physiological, biochemical, and genetic basis at the molecular biological level. Dr. Mark A. Sperling and 33 contributing experts bring readers the benefits of discovery at the bench and its application at the bedside. New chapters, extensive revisions, and compelling updates will keep readers at the forefront of the diagnosis and management of endocrine disease in children.

• Incorporates the explosive growth in molecular biology as it relates to developmental and pediatric endocrinology.
• Extensively revised and updated chapters throughout reflect the latest information.
• Coverage of up-to-the-minute topics in the field, including molecular, biochemical, and clinical basis of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy and childhood diabetes mellitus energy balance/obesity growth hormone paradigms of mechanisms of hormone action, and others
• Contributions from new authors from distinguished institutions
• Numerous brand-new illustrations depict the most current information, particularly the basic science/genetic basis of certain entities

About this title

About the Author:

Mark A. Sperling, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Chair Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Review:

"This is the best text currently available in pediatric endocrinology and should be included in all medical libraries...The audience for this book goes well beyond the subspecialties of the field." Mayo Clinic Proceedings; "Will serve as a valuable reference." Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health

About this edition

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0721695396
• ISBN 13: 9780721695396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 816