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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Live Webinar

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We are delighted to announce 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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Expert Review

Changes in the timing of puberty: clinically significant, genetic or environmental?

Read the latest expert review presented by Sasha R Howard and Leo Dunkel

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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

Rare GNAS mutations may underpin severe obesity even in absence of pseudohypoparathyroidism

Researchers have identified pathogenic mutations in the gene encoding the stimulatory G-protein alpha subunit protein in children with severe obesity but few or no clinical signs of pseudohypoparathyroidism.

rhGH treatment has positive growth, body composition effects in Kabuki Syndrome

Recombinant human growth hormone appears to have a positive effect on growth in children with Kabuki Syndrome, shows an open-label study.

Negative pituitary MRI influences remission, not recurrence of paediatric Cushing’s disease

Children with Cushing’s disease who have a negative magnetic resonance imaging pituitary scan are less likely to achieve remission after surgery than those with a confirmed tumour, say researchers.

IGF-I reference curves show healthy infant growth characteristics

A cohort study of healthy infants has characterised the relationships between circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-3 and changes in body length and weight in the first year of life.

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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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