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Please help me? what does a pediatric endocrinologist do?

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Endo: Diabetes, both type 1 and (increasingly) type 2. Thyroid, adrenal, pituitary. Bone and lipid metabolism. Problems related to growth/development and puberty. Many inborn errors of metabolism or genetic disorders that impact glands.

Dr Petruska agreed

Answered 12/29/2013

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