Sao Paulo, Brazil
April 5 - April 6, 2002

This course was designed for health care providers in subspecialty training as well as practicing clinicians seeking a current review of endocrine problems affecting children.

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this course, participants were able to:

• Review present diagnostic criteria for precocious puberty.
• Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of new therapeutic findings in GnRH-dependent and GnRH-independent precocious puberty.
• Survey growth problems management in detail and discuss a wide range of laboratory, clinical and therapeutic aspects in pubertal delay.
• Give an up-to-date evaluation of thyroid pathologies in childhood and adolescence.
• Discuss clinical pediatric cases concerning significant endocrine pathologies.