Quick Guide to Endocrinology. The Pediatric Version. Edition No. 2

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Definition and Description of Hormones
3. Hormone Secretion and Transport
4. Hormone Actions
5. Hormone Regulation
6. Manifestations of Endocrine Disorders
7. Hormone and molecular assays
8. Pituitary
9. Anterior Pituitary
10. Physiology
11. FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH
12. Prolactin
13. Growth Hormone
14. Posterior Pituitary
15. Physiology 16. ADH17. Oxytocin
18. When to get molecular testing
19. Thyroid Gland
20. Physiology
21. Thyroid hormone
22. Measurements/Interferences
23. Effects of Coexistent Disorders, Iodine Deficiency/Excess, Drugs, and Toxins on Thyroid Function
24. Thyroid disorders
25. Molecular Testing
26. Thyroid disease in pregnancy
27. Sick euthyroid syndrome
28. Thyroid cancer
29. Newborn Screening the General Population for Thyroid Dysfunction
30. Adrenal Gland
31. Physiology
32. Measurements/Interferences
33. Adrenocortical diseases
34. Newborn Screening for CAH and ADL
35. Adrenomedullary Diseases
36. When to get molecular testing
37. Reproductive Endocrinology
38. Normal Physiology (pregnancy)
39. Measurements/Interferences
40. Hypogonadism
41. Pubertal Disorders
42. Disorders Related to Calcium
43. Physiology
44. Measurements/Interferences
45. Hypercalcemia

Authors

William Winter E Professor, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Medical Director, Clinical Laboratory Support Services (CLSC), Medical Director, Point-of-Care Testing (POCT). Dr. Winter is a professor of pathology, immunology, and laboratory medicine; pediatrics; and molecular genetics and microbiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He is principal investigator for the National Institutes of Health-funded Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Islet Cell Autoantibody Core Laboratory and Islet Autoantibody Standardization Program. Dr. Winter directs the endocrine autoantibody laboratory that at the University of Florida, has given numerous presentations and has published extensively on behalf of the AACC. A multiple-time winner of the AACC outstanding speaker award, Dr. Winter has served on several AACC annual meeting organizing committees. He is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists and the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, which he served as a member of the board of directors. He has contributed more than 200 articles, chapters, and abstracts. Brittany Bruggeman S Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Brittany Bruggeman, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist and Diplomat, for the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Bruggeman received numerous scholarly awards. Most recently she received the 2020 Douglas J. Barrett, MD Academic Fellowship Award that recognizes pediatric clinicians or researchers for displaying the highest qualities in research, teaching and patient care. Dr. Bruggeman is a member of many professional organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Diabetes Association and the Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, an international network of endocrinologists at the forefront of Type 1 diabetes Laura Michelle Jacobsen Affiliate Assistant Professor with Graduate Faculty Status, Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Laura Jacobsen, MD, is an assistant professor and pediatric endocrinologist who joined the University of Florida faculty in 2018 in the department of pediatrics. She completed her pediatric residency training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, which was followed by a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the UF Health Shands Children's Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. During her fellowship, Dr. Jacobsen was recognized for her excellence in medical student teaching, and she received the Henry A. Kokomoor Outstanding Fellowship Award. Dr. Jacobsen provides clinical care for children with endocrine disorders and diabetes. She performs clinical and translational research in the field of Type 1 diabetes to better understand what causes Type 1 diabetes and ways to halt or prevent it.