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(Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Vol. 11.) Edited by Gerasimos E. Krassas, Scott A. Rivkees, and Wieland Kiess. 294 pp., illustrated. Basel, Switzerland, Karger, 2007. $196.50. ISBN 978-3-8055-8205-6.

From an adult endocrinologist's perspective, thyroid diseases of childhood fall into two categories. The first category includes well-known thyroid conditions that are commonly seen in adults. The second category consists of rare diseases that physicians who treat adult patients will encounter only many years after a pediatrician has made the diagnosis. This book will provide endocrinologists who treat adults or children with interesting insights into both categories of diseases of the thyroid in children.

The current knowledge and hypotheses about the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases of the thyroid in children and their possible associations with type 1 diabetes and Turner's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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