Puberty disorders
NEWS
For teenage boys with idiopathic short stature (ISS), combining a third-generation aromatase inhibitor with recombinant human growth hormone therapy can significantly improve adult height, suggest study findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Study findings demonstrate the broad heterogeneous phenotypes found in children with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis, with insights into likelihood of spontaneous puberty and risk of gonadal malignancy.
Measuring levels of testosterone, inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone at different time points over the first year of life may help diagnose congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in infant boys with minor abnormalities of the external genitalia, French researchers say.
Children and adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
appear to have impaired psychosocial quality of life, particularly in the school domain, while physical QoL is preserved, suggest findings of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
In depth
Marie Lindhardt Ljubicic discusses recent findings from the COPENHAGEN Minipuberty Study, which shed new light on this developmental stage in baby girls.
A 4-year-old girl is referred to the local paediatric endocrine unit with signs of pubertal development.
In our latest podcast, Specialist nurse and educator Kate Davies asks clinical psychologist Julie Alderson about the optimal integration of psychology into a differences in sexual development clinical service.
