Case study

Case study on puberty

A 4-year-old girl presents to the paediatric endocrine clinic with signs of pubertal development, including vaginal bleeding.
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IMAGE 2021

Watch the Springer Healthcare IME virtual meeting, entitled Insights into MAnaging Growth for Endocrine Nurses (IMAGE). This is the 8^th IMAGE conference, which focuses on differences in sexual development, and puberty disorders and reproductive problems in adolescents and young adults.

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Podcast

The role of psychology within a DSD service

Listen to the latest podcast presented by Kate Davies and Julie Alderson

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Open Access Article Now Available

Digital technologies to improve the precision of paediatric growth disorder diagnosis and management

View the article published in the Growth Hormone & IGF Research journal that summarises the webinar discussion on the role of digital health in growth disorders.

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News

Transient congenital hypothyroidism predictors identified

Over a third of children diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism have discontinued treatment within 10 years of diagnosis, say French researchers who have identified predictive markers for a transient prognosis.

Additional clinical features point to likely monogenic cause of short stature

The likelihood of finding an underlying genetic cause of short stature in children is markedly increased if they have additional factors such as dysmorphic facial features or skeletal dysplasia, say researchers.

Continuous glucose monitoring predicts progression to type 1 diabetes in high-risk children

Children with islet autoantibodies are highly likely to progress to clinical diabetes within the next year if their glucose levels are hyperglycaemic for more than 10% of the time, show findings from the ASK study.

Levo-thyroxine dose may need more initial adjustment with solution than pills in congenital hypothyroidism

Children using an oral solution of levo-thyroxine for treatment of congenital hypothyroidism may require closer monitoring during the first few months than those using tablet formulations, say researchers.

IMAGE

Every year, up to 50 paediatric endocrine nurses convene for 2 days to interact with their professional peers and hear about the latest advances in their therapy area, direct from the expert endocrinologists.

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Conference coverage

medwireNews attends conferences around the world, bringing you breaking research news and expert interviews. Click here to see our endocrinology conference coverage.

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