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

Harmonised BMD surveillance guidance for young cancer survivors released

An international expert group has published recommendations for the monitoring of bone mineral density in child, adolescent and young adult survivors of cancer.

Genetic testing can contribute to clinical diagnosis of delayed puberty

Genetic analysis can confirm or challenge initial clinical diagnoses, helping doctors refine treatment for adolescents with delayed puberty, report researchers.

Novel ‘BDV syndrome’ has considerable clinical overlap with PWS

Researchers describe a novel autosomal recessive genetic syndrome that may be misdiagnosed as Prader–Willi syndrome.

Type 1 diabetes risk alleles linked to late-infancy growth

The human leukocyte antigen polymorphisms that increase the risk of type 1 diabetes are linked to growth and insulin-like growth factor-I levels during infancy, say researchers.

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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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