Hormonal Regulation of Cranio-Facial Growth (Paperback)

The cranio-facial growth cannot be properly understood without knowledge of the mechanisms controlling it, essentially the role played by the hormones.This book gives an insight into the role played by various hormones and growth factors. An understanding of endocrinology is very important as it enables us to grasp better factors underlying the changes which occur during growth and development and plan functional and orthopedic therapy.