Early puberty and delayed puberty

Author: Cai Depeng
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book briefly elaborates on the normal patterns of human puberty development and its influencing factors, and discusses in detail the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of precocious puberty and delayed puberty. It also introduces common psychological changes during adolescence, psychological abnormalities that are prone to occur in children with precocious or delayed puberty, and methods for correction. The primary target audience includes pediatricians, gynecologists, physicians specializing in adolescent medicine and endocrinology, senior medical students, and postgraduate students and researchers in related fields. It will also be beneficial for parents of children with precocious or delayed puberty and the children themselves to gain systematic knowledge about the disease.
The Case Studies section includes 11 cases of precocious or delayed puberty from the Department of Pediatrics, affiliated with Fudan University Hospital, to provide readers with a more vivid and concrete understanding of the clinical manifestations of these children. The Research Progress section introduces the research conducted by our hospital over the past decade on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and pharmacological mechanisms of idiopathic central precocious puberty. It particularly details the unique integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment approach we advocate, as well as research findings that elucidate the pharmacological mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine using modern biomedical experimental methods. The Literature Review section is highly valuable for clinical and research professionals in the field of pediatric precocious puberty, providing insights into the current state and progress of related research both domestically and internationally.