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Glucose homeostasis requires appropriate and synchronous coordination of metabolic events and hormonal activities to keep plasma glucose concentrations in a narrow range of 3.5–5.5 mmol/L. Insulin, the only gl...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:9
Published on: 29 August 2017
Case report
De novo truncating and splicing mutations in the additional sex combs-like 3 (ASXL3) gene have been implicated in the development of Bainbridge-Ropers syndrome (BRPS) characterised by severe developmental delay, ...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:8
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research
Testicular volumes obtained with orchidometers or external linear measurements in the scrotum (centimeter ruler or calipers) grossly over-estimate ultrasound volumes, have much variability and may not be accur...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:7
Published on: 17 July 2017
Research
Data on normative clitoral sizes in newborns is relatively sparse and racial/ethnic differences have also been reported. This study was performed to establish norms for clitoral size in term Ghanaian female ne...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:6
Published on: 6 June 2017
Research
We aimed to determine the extent of post-treatment weight gain that occurs in pediatric patients in the first year following radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy for Graves disease (GD) and its relationship to cli...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:5
Published on: 2 June 2017
Erratum
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:4
Published on: 27 February 2017
The original article was published in International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2015 2015:4
Research
Genital surgery in Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) has been an area of debate over the past 20 years. Emerging scientific evidence in the late 1990s defied the then routine practice to surgically align geni...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:3
Published on: 28 January 2017
Research
Genital measurements are a useful adjunct in the early detection of various endocrine conditions including hypopituitarism and disorders of sexual differentiation. Standards for genital sizes have been publish...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:2
Published on: 26 January 2017
Case report
Hypoparathyroidism in children is a heterogeneous group with diverse genetic etiologies. To aid clinicians in the investigation and management of children with hypoparathyroidism, we describe the phenotype of ...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2017 2017:1
Published on: 25 January 2017
Case report
Rabson Mendenhall syndrome is a rare endocrine condition characterized by severe insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. It occurs due to mutations in the insulin receptor gene. Few mutations which are associate...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:21
Published on: 17 November 2016
Review
In pediatric patients, basal testosterone and gonadotropin levels may be uninformative in the assessment of testicular function. Measurement of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) has become increasingly widesp...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:20
Published on: 28 October 2016
Research
Long-term growth hormone (GH) treatments in short children born small for gestational age (SGA) restore lipid metabolism, but also increase insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influen...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:19
Published on: 26 October 2016
Case report
We report the case of a 6 year old boy suffering from adenohypophysis aplasia as well as ectopic neurohypophysis and delayed diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:18
Published on: 10 October 2016
Research
Little is known about the comparative effects of different glucocorticoids on the adrenal and growth hormone (GH) axes in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We sought to compare the effects of...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:17
Published on: 26 September 2016
Case report
Agranulocytosis is regarded as a rare side effect of methimazole (MMI) therapy that occurs in a dose dependent manner and that usually develops within the first 3–6 months of treatment. Although delayed develo...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:16
Published on: 6 September 2016
Research
In girls with Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty (ICPP) concern has been raised by the potential impact of GnRH-analogues (GnRHa) treatment on body weight. We evaluated the effect of GnRHa on Body Mass Inde...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:15
Published on: 5 August 2016
Case report
Insulinoma is a rare diagnosis in the general population with estimates of 1 in 250,000 people per year. Reports of these pancreatic islet cell tumors are even more unusual in children and adolescents. Chronic...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:14
Published on: 29 July 2016
Case report
One third of infants with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) are said to have micropenis and/or bilateral or unilateral cryptorchidism leading many of them to orchiopexy. Our previous study in two ...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:13
Published on: 4 July 2016
Case report
17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3 (17βHSD3) deficiency is a rare cause of disorder of sex development (DSD) due to impaired conversion of androstenedione to testosterone. Traditionally, the diagnosis was...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:12
Published on: 15 June 2016
Case report
47 XXY/46 XX mosaicism with characteristics suggesting Klinefelter syndrome is very rare and at present, only seven cases have been reported in the literature.
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:11
Published on: 2 June 2016
Case report
Classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) requires lifetime steroid replacement and supraphysiologic glucocorticoid dose is often required for adequate adrenal androgen suppression. Patients often suffer fr...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:10
Published on: 20 May 2016
Commentary
The subject of whether all girls with central precocious puberty (CPP) require brain imaging is controversial.
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:9
Published on: 4 May 2016
Research
Women with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have a four-fold increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to non-diabetic (non-DM) women, as opposed to double the risk in T1D men compared to non-DM men. It is...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:8
Published on: 19 April 2016
Research
Adolescents with childhood onset growth hormone deficiency (CO-GHD) require re-evaluation of their growth hormone (GH) axis on attainment of final height to determine eligibility for adult GH therapy (rhGH).
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:6
Published on: 16 March 2016
Research
Hypopituitarism and obesity are causes of major lifelong morbidity in patients with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH). Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) affects the majority of children with ONH, though the degree of...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2016 2016:5
Published on: 2 March 2016
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