Children's morning and evening salivary cortisol: pattern, instruction compliance and sampling confounders.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A total of 12 children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) with optic pathway glioma (OPG) and growth hormone (GH) excess are reported to date, but no data exist on the long-term outcome. We describe 2 girls with NF-1 with OPG and GH excess treated with somatostatin analogue (SSa) who maintained a normal GH...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Bruzzi P,Sani I,Albanese A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis comprise autosomal recessive conditions affecting steroidogenic enzymes of the adrenal cortex. Those are located within the 3 major branches of the steroidogenic machinery involved in the production of mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and androgens. This mini review describes t...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Baranowski ES,Arlt W,Idkowiak J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few studies investigating the factors which may affect different biochemical presentations of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and these are frequently based on limited pediatric populations. AIMS:(1) To assess the frequency of thyroid function patterns at HT diagnosis in 608 children and adolescents,...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Wasniewska M,Corrias A,Salerno M,Mussa A,Capalbo D,Messina MF,Aversa T,Bombaci S,De Luca F,Valenzise M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Mutations in the human growth hormone receptor gene (GHR) are the most common cause of growth hormone insensitivity (GHI) syndrome and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) deficiency. The extracellular domain of GHR (encoded by exons 2-7 of the GHR gene) can be proteolytically cleaved to circulate as GH-b...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Feigerlova E,Swinyard M,Derr MA,Farnsworth J,Andrew SF,Rosenfeld RG,Hwa V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survivors of childhood with haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and total body irradiation (HSCT/TBI) have an increased cardiometabolic risk without overt obesity. AIM:To describe cardiometabolic risk in HSCT/TBI survivors and identify anthropometric measurements of adiposity representative of cardiome...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Wei C,Hunt L,Cox R,Bradley K,Elson R,Shield J,Stevens M,Crowne E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, steroidogenic factor 1 (NR5A1/SF-1) mutations have been reported to cause gonadal dysgenesis, with or without adrenal failure, in both 46,XY and 46,XX individuals. We have previously reported extreme within-family variability in affected 46,XY patients. Even though low ovarian reserve with preserved fertili...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Ciaccio M,Costanzo M,Guercio G,De Dona V,Marino R,Ramirez PC,Galeano J,Warman DM,Berensztein E,Saraco N,Baquedano MS,Chaler E,Maceiras M,Lazzatti JM,Rivarola MA,Belgorosky A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obesity is increasing among the pregnant population. Leptin has an important role in the regulation of energy balance and hunger. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal leptin levels with maternal obesity, gestational weight gain (GWG), single nucleotide polymorphisms (SN...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Serapio S,Ahlsson F,Larsson A,Kunovac Kallak T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testicular microlithiasis (TM) is characterized by calcium deposits within the seminiferous tubules and is associated with benign and malign conditions. AIM:To determine TM prevalence in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and its association with testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART). PATIE...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Poyrazoglu S,Saka N,Agayev A,Yekeler E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Former definitions of metabolic syndrome (MS) in children have been adapted from adult MS definitions using age-related thresholds for each biochemical component, whereas the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition is based on absolute values. We compared the IDF childhood MS definition (IDF-...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Druet C,Ong K,Levy Marchal C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to investigate the cardiovascular risk of children with premature adrenarche (PA). METHODS:A total of 75 children (44 with PA and 31 control subjects) aged 6-10 years were included in the study. Their metabolic, anthropometric, and echocardiographic parameters were recorded and compared. ...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Çelik N,Alp H,Çamtosun E,Alp E,Çelik S,Berk E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypercalcemia of immobilization, while rare, may occur in adolescent boys after fracture. Although not fully understood, the mechanism appears to be related to bone turnover uncoupling, in part mediated by upregulation of RANKL. Animal studies suggest that parathyroidectomy suppresses RANKL-stimulated osteoc...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Henry RK,Gafni RI

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I is critical for normal human growth. Extremely rare homozygous mutations of the IGF1 gene severely impair intrauterine growth, intellectual development and postnatal growth. CASE/METHOD: A young male presented with postnatal growth retardation (-4.0 height SDS). His se...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Fuqua JS,Derr M,Rosenfeld RG,Hwa V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Genetic variation in several candidate genes has been associated with short stature. Recently, a high-mobility group A2 (HMGA2) gene SNP has been robustly associated with height in the general population. Only few have attempted to study these genes in extremely tall stature. We therefore studied common...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Hendriks AE,Brown MR,Boot AM,Oostra BA,Drop SL,Parks JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH) is common in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates. Diazoxide is often used as the first-line medication for HH in SGA neonates. Unfortunately, diazoxide is not authorized in China. We examined the effectiveness of octreotide as an alternative therapy to treat HH in SGA neonat...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Pan S,Zhang M,Li Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The US Food and Drug Administration approved use of recombinant human growth hormone (GH) for the treatment of idiopathic short stature (ISS) in children; however, few studies have evaluated metabolic outcomes. This article addresses whether children with ISS treated with GH experience the same metabolic benefits as c...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Dahlgren J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To study serum testosterone and estradiol in healthy boys in relation to growth during puberty up to peak height velocity (PHV). METHODS:Growth velocity was analyzed through testosterone (n = 41) and 17β-estradiol (n = 37) 24-hour profiles in a dose-response model. Participants were 26 healthy boys adm...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Albin AK,Norjavaara E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ectopic intrathyroidal thymus has recently been reported in children as a cause of surgery and/or invasive diagnostic procedures when mistaken for a thyroid nodule. Thymus has a unique appearance at ultrasound (US). METHODS:We report a follow-up study (mean 34 months, range 6-84) performed by US on 9 childr...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Segni M,di Nardo R,Pucarelli I,Biffoni M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) is essential for steroidogenesis by mediating cholesterol transfer into mitochondria. Inactivating StAR mutations cause lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:To identify causative mutations in a patient presenting with adrenal failure ...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Yüksel B,Kulle AE,Gürbüz F,Welzel M,Kotan D,Mengen E,Holterhus PM,Topaloğlu AK,Grötzinger J,Riepe FG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past 15 years, the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Central and Eastern Europe has grown rapidly from an initially low rate. This growth cannot be attributed to genetic factors: it appears that changing environmental exposures are responsible, though no single environmental factor can...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Cinek O

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is an uncommon pediatric disease with an excellent prognosis. In follow-up surveillance, neck ultrasound (US), basal and thyroid-stimulating hormone-stimulated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels, and diagnostic whole-body radioactive iodine scans (DxWBS) have been traditionally us...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Wise-Oringer BK,Goldis M,Regelmann MO,Klein M,Machac J,Kotlus Rosenberg H,Rapaport R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The usefulness of the concept of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in its current form has recently been questioned, and its association with insulin resistance is unknown. We assessed whether a multivariate model based on all components of MS expressed on a continuous scale would be a better predictor of a c...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Vos RC,Houdijk EC,van der Kamp HJ,Pijl H,Wit JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperandrogenism is a rare symptom of juvenile ovarian granulosa cell- tumors (JGCTO). This study aimed to determine whether hyperandrogenism was related to overexpression of SOX9, decreased expression of FOXL2 or absent aromatase expression in tumor with particular scheme of expression of P450scc and P450c1...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Kalfa N,Méduri G,Philibert P,Patte C,Boizet-Bonhoure B,Thibaut E,Pienkowski C,Jaubert F,Misrahi M,Sultan C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant idiopathic bone age (BA) advancement is defined as BA >2 SD above the mean chronological age (CA) with no underlying etiology. BA advancement due to endocrinopathies is associated with early puberty and compromised adult height (AHt), necessitating treatment. The natural history of idiopathic BA ...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Lazar L,Lebenthal Y,Shalitin S,Phillip M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the cross-sectional relationship between blood pressure (BP) and (1) in vivo insulin sensitivity (IS) and (2) circulating adiponectin levels in overweight adolescents, and to determine if these relationships are driven by adiposity. METHODS:Sixty-five white pubertal overweight adolescents underwent a h...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： De Las Heras J,Lee S,Bacha F,Tfayli H,Arslanian S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with radioiodine for Graves' disease regularly increases the level of antithyroid antibodies, and transplacental passage of stimulating thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb) may cause fetal hyperthyroidism. CASE PRESENTATION:A 21-year-old woman with Graves' disease received radioiodine treatment ...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Bjørgaas MR,Farstad H,Christiansen SC,Blaas HG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of testosterone-producing ovarian tumors in childhood and adolescence by imaging techniques only can be difficult because of the tumors' radiological structure and sometimes diminutive size. We describe an 11.5-year-old girl with a 9-month history of voice deepening, mild hirsutism, minor acne, increased...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Braun R,Peter A,Warmann S,Fuchs J,Binder G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment and close monitoring in children with congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) are important to prevent hypoglycemic-associated brain damage. The current monitoring approach involves measuring plasma glucose intermittently, but this does not provide a comprehensive assessment of glycemic control a...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Rayannavar A,Elci OU,Mitteer L,De León DD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although growth hormone (GH) is essential for attainment of peak bone mass, bone health in prepubertal children with GH deficiency is not routinely evaluated. The objective of this study was to evaluate bone microarchitecture in GH-deficient (GHD) boys using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Baer TG,Agarwal S,Chen S,Chiuzan C,Sopher AB,Tao R,Hassoun A,Shane E,Fennoy I,Oberfield SE,Vuguin PM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Vitamin D-deficient rickets (DR) has recently re-emerged among developed countries. Vitamin D deficiency can influence biochemical results of patients with fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)-related hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets (HR), making differential diagnosis difficult. In the present study ...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Kubota T,Kitaoka T,Miura K,Fujiwara M,Ohata Y,Miyoshi Y,Yamamoto K,Takeyari S,Yamamoto T,Namba N,Ozono K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of childhood-onset growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) is not straightforward, requiring a comprehensive clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, endocrine, and neuroradiological assessment. Although pharmacological GH stimulation tests are still considered the gold standard for GHD diagnosis, they are bu...

journal_title：Hormone research in paediatrics

authors： Federico G,Cianfarani S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00