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    Hormonal Disorders in Children
    • Hyperthyroidism in Infants and Children
      • Newborns
      • Children and adolescents
      • Symptoms
        • Fetuses
        • Newborns
        • Children and adolescents
        • Complications of hyperthyroidism
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • Prognosis
    • Hypothyroidism in Infants and Children
      • Congenital hypothyroidism
      • Acquired hypothyroidism
      • Symptoms
        • Newborns and infants
        • Older children and adolescents
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • Prognosis
    • Congenital Goiter
      • Causes
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
    • Early Puberty
      • Normal Puberty
      • Precocious Puberty
        • Central precocious puberty
        • Peripheral precocious puberty
        • Incomplete puberty
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
    • Delayed Puberty
      • Causes
        • Constitutional delay of puberty
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
    • Male Hypogonadism in Children
      • Primary Hypogonadism
        • Klinefelter syndrome
        • Cryptorchidism
        • Vanishing testes syndrome (bilateral anorchia)
        • Absence of Leydig cells (Leydig cell aplasia)
        • Noonan syndrome
      • Secondary Hypogonadism
        • Kallmann syndrome
        • Panhypopituitarism
        • Isolated luteinizing hormone deficiency
        • Prader-Willi syndrome
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
    • Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
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