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Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2019.
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| Edición: | 7th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; About the Companion Website; Chaptert 1 Genetics and Genomics; Introduction; Basic Concepts in Human Genetics and Genomics; Genes and Chromosomes; Regulation of Gene Expression; RNA Editing; Classes of RNA Molecules and their Functions; MicroRNAs, Small Interfering RNAs, and Piwi-interacting RNAs; LncRNAs; Other Small ncRNA Classes; Gene Mutations and Inheritance; Classes of Gene Mutations; Patient and Family History; Mendelian Inheritance Patterns; Non-Mendelian Inheritance Patterns
- Common Disorders with Complex Inheritance PatternsUniparental Disomy; Penetrance and Expressivity; Human Populations and Genetic Variation; Overview of Human Genetic Variation; Allele Frequencies Differ in Different Populations; Copy Number Variation (CNV); Epigenetics; Epigenetic Mechanisms; Genomic Imprinting; Transgenerational and Multigenerational Epigenetic Inheritance; Advances in Genomic Analysis; Familial Linkage Analysis and GWAS Studies; Advances in Nucleic Acid Sequencing; NGS Protocols; Whole Genome (WGS) and Whole Exome Sequencing (WES); Establishing Variant Causality
- Dissecting Pathogenic from Non-Pathogenic VariantsGenome Editing as a Powerful Tool for Establishing Causality; The Age of Precision Medicine; Clinical Guidelines; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Chaptert 2 Measuring Hormones; Introduction; Hormone Assays; Assay Validity; Technical Pitfalls when Measuring Hormones; Clinical Assay Validity; Stimulation Tests, Suppression Tests and Profiles; Optimal Clinical Use of Hormone Tests; Acknowledgements; References; Chaptert 3 Fetal Endocrinology; Introduction; Transplacental Passage of Hormones; Development of Fetal Endocrine Systems
- Pituitary Development (see also Chapter 5)Adrenal Development; Thyroid Development; Gonadal Development; Disorders of Sex Development (see Chapter 4); Development of the Fetal Autonomic Nervous System; Development of the Endocrine Pancreas; Development of Pancreatic Endocrine Function; Development of the Parathyroid/Calcitonin System; Endocrine Regulation of Fetal Growth; Neutralization of Hormone Activity in the Fetus; Limitation of Hormone Secretion; Production of Inactive Hormone Metabolites; Delayed Expression or Neutralization of Receptor Response; Plasticity of Fetal Endocrine Systems
- Fetal Adaptations for Transition to Extrauterine LifeCortisol; Catecholamines; Thermogenesis; Calcium Homeostasis; Glucose Homeostasis; Other Endocrine Adaptations; Frontiers in Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology; References; Chaptert 4 Disorders of Sex Development; Normal Sex Development; Terminology; Causes of DSD; Impaired Gonadal Development; XY Individuals; XX individuals; Numerical Abnormalities of the Sex Chromosomes; Disturbances of Testicular Hormone Production or Action; Impaired Biosynthesis; Impaired Testosterone Action; Virilization of an XX Individual; Management of DSD