Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology (eBook)

Professor Charles Brook MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, was thefounder and first director of the London Centre for PaediatricEndocrinology at Great Ormond Street and The Middlesex Hospitals.His professorial chair of Paediatric Endocrinology at UniversityCollege London was the first academic appointment in this subjectin UK. He is the author of more than 300 papers and the author or editorof 13 books. Now retired from the NHS and University, ProfessorBrook provides a consultation service offering opinion on allaspects of endocrine disease in children and adolescents. Professor Peter Clayton BSc, MD(Manchester), MRCP,FRCPCH, is Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology & ChildHealth at the Academic Unit of Child Health and Human Developmentand Reproductive Health Academic Group and consultant paediatricendocrinologist at Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital, UK Professor Rosalind Brown, MD, received herbachelor's degree and medical degree from McGill Universityin Montreal, Quebec. She is an active staff member atChildren's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts, and is aconsulting staff member at MetroWest Medical Center. AtChildren's Hospital Boston, Dr. Brown is the director ofClinical Trial Research (Endocrinology), the coordinator of theClinical Research Conference, Endocrine Division, theChildren's Hospital Boston liaison for the Inter-HospitalThyroid Conference, and serves as chair of the Career DevelopmentWorkshop Subcommittee, Endocrine Division. Dr. Brown is a member of the Board of Directors for EndocrineEducation, and she is a member of the Public Health Committee ofthe American Thyroid Association. Dr. Brown has published over 35articles, has written 20 book chapters, serves on the editorialboard for Thyroid, and is an ad hoc reviewer forEndocrinology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Investigation,Journal of Immunological Methods, Journal ofPediatrics, Pediatrics, Science, andThyroid.

1. Genetics and genomics.

Peter Kopp.

2. Principles of hormone action.

Melissa Westwood.

3. Measuring hormones, molecular tests and their clinicalapplication.

Jan-Maarten Wit, Marcel Karperien, Bart Ballieux.

4. Congenital Disorders Of The Hypothalamo-Pituitary-SomatotropeAxis.

Ameeta Mehta, Evelien Gevers, Mehul Dattani.

5. Acquired Disorders of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary axis.

Kyriaki-Sandy Alatzoglou, Mehul Dattani.

6. Evaluation of growth disorders.

Jerry Wales.

7. Management of Disordered Growth.

Steven Chernausek.

8. Evaluation and Management of Late Effects of CancerTreatment.

Helena Gleeson, Stephen Shalet.

9. Evaluation and Management of Disorders of SexDevelopment.

Ieuan Hughes.

10. Evaluation of Disordered Puberty.

Mehul Dattani, Vaitsa Tziaferi, Peter Hindmarsh.

11. Management of Disordered Puberty.

Jakub Mieszczak, Christopher Houk, Peter Lee.

12. The thyroid.

Rosalind Brown.

13. The adrenal cortex and its disorders.

Walter Miller.

14. Polyglandular syndromes.

Catherine Owen, Timothy Cheetham, Simon Pearce.

15. Disorders of water balance.

David Repaske.

16. The Parathyroid and Disorders of Calcium and BoneMetabolism.

Jeremy Allgrove.

17. Endocrine neoplasia in childhood.

Joanne Blair.

18. Diabetes Mellitus.

Joseph Wolfsdorf, Andrew Norris.

19. Hypoglycemia: assessment and management.

Andrew Cotterill, David Cowley, Ristan Greer.

20. Childhood Obesity.

Michael Freemark.

21. Polycystic ovarian syndrome.

M. Isabel Hernandez, Verónica Mericq.

22. Weight regulation and monogenic obesity.

I. Sadaf Farooqi.

23. Fetal growth and early-life origins of disease.

Wayne Cutfield.

24. Ethical issues in clinical paediatric endocrinology.

Leena Patel , Peter Clayton

On the previous editions:

"... I thoroughly enjoyed reading the text, and would highlyrecommend to all paediatricians with an interest in growth andendocrine problems in childhood." -Trends in Endocrinology andMetabolism

"This book stands alone in its field..."
The Lancet

"Brook's discrimination in selecting contributors and hiseditorial skills are evident in the book's consistently highquality and smooth readability"
The New England Journal of Medicine

"Controversial issues are well handled"
Medical Journal of Australia

"...a major contribution to the literature on paediatricendocrinology"
Archives of Disease in Childhood