MARKET Growth and its disorders is the major area of interest and practice within the field of paediatric endocrinology, and is also a topic of considerable research activity. When the first edition of Growth Disorders appeared in 1998, it was the first comprehensive update to appear in 26 years, covering all aspects of the subject, as acknowledged in the published reviews. Unfortunately, however, publication of the book coincided with the latter stages of the sale of the Chapman and Hall medica