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Title Early puberty : latest findings, diagnosis, treatment, long-term outcome / Claire Bouvattier, Catherine Pienkowski, editors
Published Paris : Springer, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 84 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Current Findings in Epidemiology -- Pubertal Precocity and Environmental Endocrine Pollutants -- Neuroendocrine Control of Puberty -- Early Puberty in Children in Special Situations -- Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Precocious Puberty -- Etiologic Diagnosis of Precocious Puberty -- Therapeutic Care: Treatment with GnRH Analogues -- Mid-Term and Long-Term Impacts of GnRH Agonists Treatments
Summary This book focuses on the state of the art in fully grasping precocious puberty and its consequences, incorporating advances in the areas of endocrinology, genetics, imaging and therapeutics to offer an indispensable tool for all physicians interested in the latest advances in this field. The authors present the latest findings on early puberty in girls and boys. The dynamic process of maturation is influenced by many signals and reshapes growing children's role within their environment. Readers will benefit from the educational value and level of depth of the individual chapters; written by respected experts and in a self-contained format, they can also be read separately to address specific interests
Notes "Translated from the original French edition 'Puberté précoce' © Springer, Paris, 2014."
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 23, 2015)
Subject Precocious puberty.
Precocious puberty -- Diagnosis
Precocious puberty -- Treatment
Puberty.
Human beings.
Adolescent
Humans
Puberty, Precocious
Puberty
Sexual Maturation -- physiology
Homo sapiens (species)
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Puberty
Precocious puberty
Form Electronic book
Author Bouvattier, C. (Claire), editor.
Pienkowski, Catherine, editor.
ISBN 9782817805436
2817805437