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Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Key points
- Pediatric and adolescent gynecology is an emerging specialty, at the intersection of pediatrics, pediatric endocrinology, gynecology, pediatric surgery, dermatology, psychiatry, public health medicine and genetics.
- The gynecological problems encountered in children and adolescents are often both medically and psychologically complex and thus require a highly skilled and coherent approach.
- Progress in molecular biology and genetic research, as well as in imaging techniques, has greatly contributed to our understanding of the pathologies of gynecological development and, indeed, has helped to more clearly define the limits of physiological variation.
- It thus addresses a wide spectrum of diseases from the newborn period to adolescence.
Explore Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Pediatric and adolescent gynecology is an emerging specialty, at the intersection of pediatrics, pediatric endocrinology, gynecology, pediatric surgery, dermatology, psychiatry, public health medicine and genetics. It thus addresses a wide spectrum of diseases from the newborn period to adolescence.
Progress in molecular biology and genetic research, as well as in imaging techniques, has greatly contributed to our understanding of the pathologies of gynecological development and, indeed, has helped to more clearly define the limits of physiological variation.
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
1. Gynecologic Clinical Examination of the Child and Adolescent
2. Imaging in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
L Ambiguous Genitalia in the Newborn: Diagnosis, Etiology and Sex Assignment
L Vulvo-Vaginal Disorders
L Precocious Puberty (Complete, Partial)
L Ovarian Cysts in Prepubertal Girls
L Sexual Abuse in Prepubertal Children and Adolescents
L Delayed Puberty
L Menstrual Irregularities
L Adolescent Dysmenorrhea
L Hyperandrogenism in Adolescent Girls
L Ovarian Masses in Adolescent Girls
L Breast Diseases in Adolescents
L Sexually Transmitted Diseases
L Contraception for Adolescents
The gynecological problems encountered in children and adolescents are often both medically and psychologically complex and thus require a highly skilled and coherent approach. The adolescent, who is no longer a child but not quite an adult, poses a particular management problem to the traditional specialties.
