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Female Puberty

A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians

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Editors:
  1. Jennifer E. Dietrich

    1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, USA

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  • Assesses current data trends on puberty and includes case studies

  • Addresses important questions such as environmental factors and childhood body weight and the way they can affect the age of puberty

  • Considers whether the age of puberty is actually changing or is simply being measured and diagnosed differently

  • The only text available on this topic geared towards students, residents, fellows in-training and general practitioners

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. History and Trends of Pubertal Development in Females

    • Jessica C. Francis
    Pages 1-6

  3. Normal Pubertal Physiology in Females

    • Hillary B. Boswell
    Pages 7-30

  4. Genetics of Puberty

    • Judith Sanchez
    Pages 31-41

  5. Psychology and Neurobiology of Puberty

    • Oluyemisi A. Adeyemi
    Pages 43-60

  6. Fetal and Neonatal Puberty

    • Nancy A. Sokkary
    Pages 61-69

  7. Central Precocious Puberty

    • Jennifer E. Dietrich
    Pages 71-78

  8. Peripheral Precocious Puberty

    • Jennifer Bercaw-Pratt
    Pages 79-88

  9. Isolated Precocious Puberty

    • Leslie A. Appiah
    Pages 89-95

  10. Constitutional Delay of Puberty

    • Xiomara M. Santos
    Pages 97-101

  11. Hormonal Causes of Delayed Puberty

    • Nirupama K. De Silva
    Pages 103-113

  12. Anatomic Causes for Delayed Puberty

    • Jennifer E. Dietrich
    Pages 115-128

  13. Genetic Causes of Delayed Puberty

    • Xiomara M. Santos
    Pages 129-135

  14. Consideration of Pubertal Events Among Patients with Disorders of Sexual Differentiation

    • Roshanak Mansouri
    Pages 137-147

  15. Puberty in Developmentally Delayed or Physically Challenged Patients

    • Jennifer Bercaw-Pratt
    Pages 149-154

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 155-159
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About this book

Female Puberty: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians is a practical reference, covering the full range of issues related to pubertal development. Developed to answer pointed clinical questions and to provide a thorough review of the literature, the book covers both the basics and the complexities of puberty, encompassing psychosocial development to pubertal nuances in highly specialized populations. Comprehensive in scope, this title offers concepts that are concisely conveyed and chapters that complement each other well. Complex subjects such as details of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis are covered in a readily understandable manner and bullet points throughout the text serve as helpful reminders to the reader. An invaluable contribution to the literature, Female Puberty: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians will be of great interest to all health providers concerned with female reproductive health – including obstetrician gynecologists, reproductive endocrine specialists, pediatricians, pediatric specialists, family practitioners and allied health professionals.

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From the book reviews:

“This comprehensive guide on female puberty is heavy on anatomy and physiology as well as endocrinology. … The book is written at the level of the resident, although practicing physicians in this area would benefit from it. … This is an excellent, thorough book on a very specific patient problem. It is easy to see how advances in the field will make future updates necessary.” (Anthony Shanks, Doody’s Book Reviews, October, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, USA

    Jennifer E. Dietrich

About the editor

Jennifer E. Dietrich, M.D. Chief, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology - Texas Children's Hospital Division Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine CME Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine Fellowship Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Female Puberty

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians

  • Editors: Jennifer E. Dietrich

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0912-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0911-7Published: 19 June 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5544-2Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0912-4Published: 18 June 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 159

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology

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