Research shows that growth hormone stimulation testing failure is more common in children with short stature or impaired linear growth who also have a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Women diagnosed with non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia during childhood or adolescence do not typically reach their target height, but this is not related to glucocorticoid treatment duration and dose, research shows.
Suicidality or self-harm is a frequent cause of hospital admission among gender variant/diverse young people, report researchers.
A weekly injection of a high dose of semaglutide results in substantial weight loss among adolescents with obesity, show the STEP TEENS trial findings.
Years of treatment with recombinant human growth hormone does not increase the cumulative lifetime exposure to insulin-like growth factor-1 above the population average in children born small for gestational age, a study shows.
Small-for-gestational age children should undergo regular measurements for the first 2 years after birth to help identify individuals who will benefit from recombinant human growth hormone therapy, German researchers advise.
More than half of girls with central precocious puberty have abnormal findings on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, report researchers.
Most children and adolescents who identify as transgender or gender variant continue with hormone interventions after discharge from youth endocrine services, a study shows.
Researchers report a “biphasic and prolonged” minipuberty in girls, and provide reference ranges for reproductive hormones during the first year of life.
Dutch researchers have identified key logistic failures that may lead to adolescents with endocrine disorders failing to transition successfully from paediatric to adult tertiary care.
