(PDF) Pituitary Disorders of Childhood by Brenda Kohn

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Table of Contents

Part I. Embryologic and Genetic Disorders of the Pituitary Gland.- Genomics.- Genetics of Hypopituitarism.- Part II. Acquired Pituitary Disorders: Pituitary Tumors and Nonpituitary Sellar Masses.- Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma: Genomics, Radiologic Findings, Clinical, Prognosis.- Prolactinomas.- Cushing’s Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Surgery for Cushing’s Disease.- Gigantism and Acromegaly.- TSH Secreting Pituitary Adenomas.- Molecular Predictors of Clinical Behavior in Pituitary Adenohypophysial Tumors.- Nonpituitary Sellar Masses and Infiltrative Disorders.- Part III. Posterior Pituitary Disorders.- Posterior Pituitary Disorders: Anatomy and Physiology; Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI); Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone (SIADH).- Part IV. Functional Hypothalamic-Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies.- Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (Isolated GnRH Deficiency).- Genetics of Delayed Puberty.- Hypothalamic Amenorrhea.- Part V. Neuro-opthalmic Diseases.- Neuro-ophthalmic Diseases and Endocrinologic Function.- Part VI. CNS Radiation.- CNS Radiation of Childhood CNS Tumors.- Part VII. Childhood Cancer Treatment.- Hypothalamic-Pituitary Dysfunction as a Late-Effect of Childhood Cancer, Brain Tumors and their Treatments.- Part VIII. Traumatic Brain Injury.- Pituitary Response to Traumatic Brain Injury.