Dewhurst’s Practical Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology.

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Front Cover Dewhurst's Practical Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface Chapter 1. Patterns of childhood and adolescent gynaecology Health problems of adolescence References Chapter 2. Intersexuality Sexual differentiation Clinical features Management of the parents Presentation in the older child The XY female Androgen insensitivity Surgical considerations Transvestism and trans-sexualism References Surgical considerations Chapter 3. Malformations of the genital tract Abnormalities presenting in the newborn period. Abnormalities presenting in the pubertai patientReferences Chapter 4. Vulvovaginitis and other vulval lesions Vulvovaginitis Vulvitis Other vulval disorders References Chapter 5. Normal puberty Physical changes of puberty Characteristics of early menstrual cycles Endocrine changes at puberty References Chapter 6. Precocious puberty Aetiology Clinical features Investigation Management Isolated manifestations of precocious sexual development References Chapter 7. Delayed puberty Clinical investigation Secondary sexual development otherwise good. Secondary sexual development poor or absent Hypothalamic/pituitary lesion Heterosexual puberty changes References Chapter 8. Menstrual disorders in the adolescent Excessive menstrual bleeding Clinical approach Dysmenorrhoea Secondary amenorrhoea References Chapter 9. Breast lesions and abnormalities of stature Breast lesions Stature and the gynaecologist References Chapter 10. Hirsutism and virilism Hirsutism Virilism References Chapter 11. Tumours of the genital tract Vulval tumours Tumours of the vagina and cervix Ovarian tumours References. Chapter 12. Sexual activity in the adolescent Sexual activity Contraception for adolescents Abortion in the adolescent Pregnancy in the adolescent Care of the babies of teenage mothers Longer term effects of pregnancy in the teenager The fathers of adolescent pregnancies The parents of girls who have teenage pregnancies Sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents Sexual offences and the adolescent Conclusions References Index.