Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology

Part I. Normal Development: 1. Embryology of the genital tract Fergus Cameron and Craig Smith; 2. Molecular genetics of gonadal development Andrew Sinclair and Fergus Cameron; 3. Gonadotrophin receptors Manel Tena-Sempere, Jerome Levallet and Ilpo Huhtaniemi; 4. Normal childhood, puberty and adolescence Clementina La Rosa, Cristina Traggiai and Richard Stanhope; 5. Control of the menstrual cycle and fertility Gillian Lockwood; 6. Nutrition and reproductive function Howard S. Jacobs; 7. Normal bladder control and function Niresh Thriuchelvam and Peter M. Cuckow; 8. Development of sexuality: psychological perspectives Lih Mei Liao; Part II. Management of Developmental Abnormalities of the Genital Tract: 9. Management of ambiguous genitalia at birth Gary Warne; 10. Imaging of the female pelvis in the evaluation of developmental anomalies Christopher Schelvan, Margaret Hall-Craggs and Rose de Brun; 11. Surgical correction of vaginal and uterine anomalies Jane McDougall and Sarah Creighton; 12. Laparoscopy techniques Azad S. Najmaldin and Alfred Cutner; 13. A nonsurgical approach to the treatment of vaginal agenesis Julie Alderson and Julie Glanville; 14. Psychological care in disorders of sexual differentiation and determination Polly Carmichael and Julie Alderson; 15. The needs of the adolescent patient and her parents in the clinic Jane MacDougall; 16. Comunicating a diagnosis Gillian Lockwood, Allan Cooklin and Sandra Ramsden; 17. Patients and parents in decision making and management Margaret Simmonds; Part III. Management of Specific Disorders: 18. Disorders of growth and puberty Cristina Traggiai and Richard Stanhope; 19. Turner syndrome Per-Olof Janson, Marie-Louise Barrenäs, Berit Kristtröm, Charles Hanson, Anders Möller, Kerstin Wilhelmsen-Landin and Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland; 20. Androgen insensitivity syndromes Jarmo Jääskeläinen and Ieuan A. Hughes; 21. The Rokitansky syndrome and other Mullerian anomalies D. Keith Edmonds; 22. The XY female Catherine L. Minto; 23. The gynaecology of the major genitourinary anomalies Christopher R. J. Woodhouse; 24. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Gerard S. Conway and Pierre D. E. Mouriquand; 25. Long term sequelae of genital surgery Sarah Creighton; 26. Amenorrhoea Adam H. Balen; 27. The polycystic ovary syndrome and adolescent women Adam H. Balen and David Dunger; 28. Menstrual disorders in adolescent girls Eleonora Porcu and stefano Venturoli; 29. Pelvic pain, ovarian cysts and endometriosis in adolescent girls Paul L. Wood; 30. Premature ovarian failure and ovarian ageing Colin J. Davis and Gerard S. Conway; 31. Gynaecological cancers in childhood Alberto Lopes; 32. Late reproductive sequelae of treatment for childhood cancer Angela B. Thomson, Hilary O. D. Critchley, Christopher J. H. Kelnar and W. Hamish B. Wallace; 33. Preservation of fertility before cancer therapy Helen M. Picton and Anthony J. Rutherford; 34. The management of infertility with surrogacy and egg donation Peter R. Brinsden and Melanie Davies; 35. Dermatological conditions of the female genitalia Leith A. Banney and Jane C. Sterling; 36. Vaginal discharge in Rosamond Cox and Paul Wood; 37. Psychological gender development in iindividuals born with ambiguous genitalia Melissa Hines; 38. Eating disorders in adolescence Nadia Micali, Peter Webster and Janet Treasure; 39. Nutritional amenorrhoea – long term sequelae Joanna L. Fried, Russalind Ramos and Michelle P. Warren; 40. Overview: How to set up a service; how to teach and train Jane MacDougall; Index.