PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGY

THIS IS A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE COMMON GYNAECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, AND IS INTENDED FOR PAEDIATRICIANS, OBSTETRICIANS/GYNAECOLOGISTS, GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, INTERNISTS AND NURSES. IT AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT NEW MANAGEMENT CHOICES AND STRATEGIES, AND INCLUDES COVERAGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS PRECOCIOUS AND DELAYED PUBERTY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES; HIRSUTISM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HIV INFECTION; GYNAECOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES, CANCER AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS; PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS IN PAEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY, SEXUAL ABUSE, STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT, AND MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES.