Genetic steroid disorders /
This is a comprehensive book addressing steroid disorders from hormonal, genetic, psychological, and surgical perspectives. It is meant to educate adult and pediatric endocrinologists, clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, reproductive endocrinologists, neonatologists, urologists, and psychoendo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Genetic Steroid Disorders; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1
- Introduction; References; Chapter 2
- Adrenal Development; INTRODUCTION; ADRENAL ORGANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE ADRENAL DEVELOPMENT; ADRENAL DISEASES; References; Chapter 3A
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Owing to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency; INTRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX; THE ADRENAL CORTEX AS TWO GLANDS; PATHOGENESIS OF 21-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY; CLASSICAL CAH; NON-CLASSICAL CAH; DIAGNOSIS (HORMONAL AND GENETIC)
- MOLECULAR MECHANISMS CREATING CYP21A2 GENETIC DEFECTSCLINICAL FEATURES; TREATMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; References; Chapter 3B
- The History of Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; INTRODUCTION; HORMONAL MEASUREMENTS IN AMNIOTIC FLUID; MOLECULAR GENETICS; DEXAMETHASONE TREATMENT AND CONTROVERSY; NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; FETAL SEX DETERMINATION; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; SUMMARY; References; Chapter 3C
- Growth Hormone Therapy to Improve Adult Height in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; INTRODUCTION; ADULT HEIGHT IN CAH
- Chapter 3G
- Genetic Deficiencies of Cytochrome P450c17 (CYP17A1): Combined 17-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency and Isolated 17,20-Lyase DeficiencySTRUCTURE OF THE GENE AND MAPPING IN THE HUMAN GENOME; GENETIC DEFECTS
- MUTATION; HORMONAL ABNORMALITIES; DIAGNOSIS BASED ON STRUCTURE OF THE GENE AND MUTATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND CLUSTERS OF THE DEFECT; PSYCHOENDOCRINE ABNORMALITIES RESULTING FROM THE ENZYMATIC DEFECT; TREATMENT: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL; LONG-RANGE OUTCOME: MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL (GENDER, COGNITION); LIFE CAREERS; PRISMATIC CASES