Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology - Hardcover

On the previous editions: "... I thoroughly enjoyed reading the text, and would highly recommend to all paediatricians with an interest in growth and endocrine problems in childhood." -Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism "This book stands alone in its field..." The Lancet"Brook's discrimination in selecting contributors and his editorial skills are evident in the book's consistently high quality 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 paediatric endocrinology" Archives of Disease in Childhood

This new edition of the benchmark text on clinical pediatric endocrinology still remains at the forefront of world clinical opinion. Furthermore, the style, which has been the hallmark of the book for the last 20 years, has been maintained for this Fifth Edition. New features of this Fifth Edition include: special new chapters cover the fetal origins of adult disease and the endocrine consequences and management of critical illness; now opens with a basic science section summarizing the mechanisms of hormone action, genomics, proteomics and the application of molecular biology to clinical practice; and, two new co-editors have been introduced - Peter Clayton and Rosalind Brown Every chapter has been updated.