IMAGE 2020
Webcast now available We are delighted to share the Springer Healthcare IME virtual meeting, entitled Insights into MAnaging Growth for Endocrine Nurses (IMAGE). This was the 7th IMAGE conference whi [...]
Full SAGhE data indicate benign long-term rhGH safety profile
Receiving treatment with recombinant human growth hormone in childhood is unlikely to be associated with an increased risk for mortality in the long term, show the results of the full SAGhE cohort.
Digital developments and precision medicine in paediatric growth disorder management
Digital developments and precision medicine in paediatric growth disorder management Recorded: Thursday 5 November, 2020 Digital developments and precision medicine in paediatric [...]
GH Deficiency diagnosis feasible through newborn blood-spot screening cards
Severe growth hormone deficiency can be detected with high accuracy using newborn screening cards, suggest researchers who recommend a diagnostic GH cutoff of less than 7 µg/L.
Case History – Ambiguous Genitalia
Three-week-old baby referred to the paediatric endocrine clinic from a general paediatrician with ambiguous genitalia, accompanied by very anxious and upset parents.
Childhood cancer survivors and endocrinopathies – the need for oncologist and endocrinologist collaboration
Dr Sogol Mostoufi focuses on the treatment-related endocrine side effects commonly experienced by childhood cancer survivors, and the need for screening, life-long follow-up and treatment in this high-risk population.
Translational advances in the management of growth and puberty disorders Recorded in São Paolo, BrazilWatch the webcast that was recorded in São Paolo with regional experts Dr Alexander Jorge and [...]
Day Three: Diabetes genetic risk score aids discovery of novel monogenic subtypes
The type 1 diabetes genetic risk score differentiates between patients with monogenic and polygenic autoimmune diabetes and can thus be used to aid the discovery of novel genes associated with the monogenic form.
Day Three: Gigantism: The importance of FIPA, AIP mutations and X-LAG
Recent developments in the field of pituitary gigantism, including the discovery of a new syndrome and genes related to this syndrome, were presented in a plenary session at the 58th Annual ESPE Meeting in Vienna, Austria.
Day Two: New classification system proposed for idiopathic short stature
The genetic causes of short stature are highly heterogenous and a new classification system for these children is needed, delegates were told at the 58th Annual ESPE Meeting in Vienna, Austria.