Case study

Case study on growth disorders

Paediatric endocrine nurse Pauline Mussen presents the case of a 14-year-old boy referred because of concerns about his growth.

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Podcast

Research focus – Adolescent thyroid cancer overdiagnosis revealed

Listen to Dr Salvatore Vaccarella discussing his recent research demonstrating the likelihood of thyroid cancer overdiagnosis in children and adolescents.

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Expert Review

Increasing global incidence of central precocious puberty

Read the latest expert review presented by Professor Ana Claudio Latronico on Precocious puberty.

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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

Cardiological tests indicated in melanocortin pathway mutations linked to reduced cardiac mass

Children with monogenic obesity linked to mutations in the leptin-melanocortin pathway have lower cardiac muscle mass than other obese children, as well as greater tissue storage of sodium, research suggests.

Scoliosis risk in PWS independent of growth hormone treatment

A long-term follow-up study of children with Prader-Willi syndrome has found no evidence to indicate that growth hormone therapy affects the risk or severity of scoliosis in this population.

Knowledge gaps make teens with endocrine disorders unready for transition to adult clinic

Researchers find that teenagers with endocrine disorders often have gaps in their knowledge of their condition and how to manage it, making them poorly prepared for transition to adult clinic.

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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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