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Hormone Replacement Therapy
edited by A. W. Meikle, MD, 439 pp, $125, ISBN 0-896-03601-4, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 1999.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:421.
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This book is primarily a discussion of the management of selected disorders of endocrine function in adults, although 2 chapters are specifically about endocrine problems in children (diabetes insipidus [DI] and the use of growth hormone [GH]); other chapters often mention pediatric endocrine diseases in a broader context. The book is organized by endocrine gland (pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, adrenals, and gonads) and disease (4 chapters discuss aspects of diabetes mellitus). Each chapter presents a brief review of the clinical and laboratory manifestations of the functional disorders of the gland under discussion, analysis of diagnostic methods, and recommendations for treatment of the disease(s).
Diabetes insipidus is discussed in chapters 1 and 2, while the use of GH in children and adults is reviewed in chapters 3 and 4, respectively. This format resulted in overlap of some material and at times conflicting statements in the 2 chapters (eg, the recommended dose of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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