Charles G. D. Brook & Rosalind S. Brown 
Handbook of Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology [PDF ebook] 

Commended in the Endocrinology category of the 2008 BMA Medical
Book Competition

The Handbook of Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology provides
an up-to-date clinical guide presenting best (and, where possible,
evidence-based) practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management
of pediatric endocrine disorders.

It is a companion title to Brook’s Clinical Pediatric
Endocrinology, which is well established as the leading
international work of reference in the field of pediatric
endocrinology, covering endocrine disorders, their diagnosis and
treatment.

Table of Content

Preface.

1 The Application of Science to Clinical Practice.

2 The Endocrine Problems of Infancy.

3 Problems of Growth in Childhood.

4 Problems of Puberty and Adolescence.

5 The Thyroid Gland.

6 The Adrenal Gland.

7 Disorders of Calcium and Bone Metabolism.

8 Water Balance.

9 Polyglandular Syndromes.

10 Hypoglycemia.

11 Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

12 Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

13 Tests and Normal Values in Pediatric Endocrinology.

Appendix 1: Syndrome-Specifi c Growth Charts.

Appendix 2: Normal Values.

Index

About the author

Dr Charles Brook MBBChir MA MD FRCP FRCPCH

Former Director, London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and
Metabolism; Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, University
College, and Consultant Paediatrician, University College London
Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London

Dr Brook trained at Cambridge University, UK, St Thomas’s and
Great Ormond Street Hospitals, London, UK and Kinderspital
Zürich, Switzerland. He achieved a personal chair in
Paediatric Endocrinology at University College London in 1989. In
1994, he initiated the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology
providing a seamless service for infants, children, adolescents and
adults between Great Ormond Street and University College London
Hospitals. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Paediatric
Endocrinology at University College London and honorary consulting
paediatric endocrinologist to Great Ormond Street and University
College London Hospitals. Dr Brook’s main research interests are
all aspects of paediatric endocrinology, particularly skeletal
dysplasias, endocrine damage by radiotherapy, and Turner
Syndrome.

Dr. Brown is currently an Associate Professor of
Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Clinical
Trials Research in the Endocrine Division at Children’s
Hospital Boston.

She was the founding director of the Division of Pediatric
Endocrinology/Diabetes at the University of Massachusetts Medical
Center where she rose to the rank of Professor of Pediatrics with
tenure. She has authored more than 70 original manuscripts,
reviews, editorials and book chapters and is a co-editor of the 5th
edition, Brook’s Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology. She has
played leadership roles in education and clinical practice. She was
the Chair of the Program Committee, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric
Endocrine Society, a member of the National Academy of Science
Committee on Toxicological Assessment of Perchlorate Ingestion and
has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology & Metabolism and Thyroid She was the Editor of
the Growth and Development section of Current Opinion in
Endocrinology & Metabolism and is currently an Associate Editor
of Endocrine Practice and a member of the American Board of
Pediatrics, sub-Committee on Pediatric Endocrinology.