Children’s weight trajectories between birth and 4 years of age are associated with their dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate levels at age 7 years, study findings show.
Steroid hormone profiles can identify the majority of children with non-congenital adrenal hyperplasia primary adrenal insufficiency, say researchers.
Over a third of children diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism have discontinued treatment within 10 years of diagnosis, say French researchers who have identified predictive markers for a transient prognosis.
Children using an oral solution of levo-thyroxine for treatment of congenital hypothyroidism may require closer monitoring during the first few months than those using tablet formulations, say researchers.
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.
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.
An international expert group has published recommendations for the monitoring of bone mineral density in child, adolescent and young adult survivors of cancer.
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.
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.
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.
