Bringing together the latest knowledge on the growth and development of children and the most
important abnormalities of puberty this comprehensive text presents the current views on the
pathogenesis diagnostic possibilities and therapeutic options of the main deviations from the
normal course of puberty (e.g. precocious and delayed puberty). The chain of physical and
hormonal changes in the transitional years is carefully followed including the regulation of
the hypothalamic pulse generator as well as the timing of puberty. Further topics include
growth disturbances adolescent varicocele adolescent gynecomastia polycystic ovary syndrome
pubertal acne and the psychosocial development of adolescents with pubertal abnormalities.
Written and edited by internationally noted experts Puberty will be an excellent resource for
pediatricians endocrinologists gynecologists andrologists urologists family practitioners
child psychologists and public health specialists - all those who will be challenged in their
everyday practice with the problems of puberty.
