TITLE
© 2016
Puberty
Physiology and Abnormalities
ISBN
978-3-319-32120-2 (Print) 978-3-319-32122-6 (Online)
Autors
Philip Kumanov,
Ashok Agarwal
Philip Kumanov, MD, PhD, DMedSci, Member (Academician) of European Academy of Andrology (EAA), Professor for Endocrinology, Clinical Center of Endocrinology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), ELD (ACE), Professor, Lerner College of Medicine and, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
About
Bringing together the latest knowledge on the growth and development of children and the most important abnormalities of puberty, this comprehensive text presents the current views on the pathogenesis, diagnostic possibilities and therapeutic options of the main deviations from the normal course of puberty (e.g., precocious and delayed puberty). The chain of physical and hormonal changes in the transitional years is carefully followed, including the regulation of the hypothalamic pulse generator as well as the timing of puberty. Further topics include growth disturbances, adolescent varicocele, adolescent gynecomastia, polycystic ovary syndrome, pubertal acne, and the psychosocial development of adolescents with pubertal abnormalities. Written and edited by internationally noted experts, Puberty will be an excellent resource for pediatricians, endocrinologists, gynecologists, andrologists, urologists, family practitioners, child psychologists and public health specialists – all those who will be challenged in their everyday practice with the problems of puberty.
Table of Contents
(19 chapters)
1. Maturation and Physiology of Hypothalamic Regulation of the Gonadal Axis
2. Genetics of Puberty
3. Hormonal Changes in Childhood and Puberty
4. Physical Changes During Pubertal Transition
5. Growth in Childhood and Puberty
6. Bone Development in Children and Adolescents
7. Body Weight and Puberty
8. The Environmental Factors and Epigenetics of Gametogenesis in Puberty
9. Timing of Puberty and Secular Trend in Human Maturation
10. Precocious Puberty
11. Constitutional Delayed Puberty
12. Pubertal Dysfunction: A Disorder of GnRH Pulsatility
13. Pubertal Gynecomastia
14. Pubertal Acne
15. Adolescent Varicocele
16. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescent Girls
17. Growth Hormone and Steroid Assays’ Problems in Childhood and Puberty
18. Psychosocial Development of Adolescents With and Without Deviations
19. Substance Use in Adolescence
