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This section considers studies regarding all aspects of endocrinology and diabetology in children and adolescents.
Research
Although the autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3 (APS-3) is the commonest APS that may be encountered in pediatric age, last year literature includes only few studies aiming to specifically ascertain the ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:69
Published on: 7 August 2017
Review
Referral for an assessment of tall stature is less common than for short stature. Tall stature is defined as a height more than two standard deviations above the mean for age. The majority of subjects with tal...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:66
Published on: 3 August 2017
Case report
Short stature (SS) is a relatively early sign of poor health. Only in 5% of cases we can explain it through the presence of endocrinological pathologies. Therefore, if SS is present since the first months of l...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:64
Published on: 28 July 2017
Case Report
Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) (OMIM n. 201710) is the most severe form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. It is characterized by severe adrenal and gonadal steroidogenesis impairment due to a def...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:57
Published on: 20 June 2017
Case report
SHORT syndrome is a rare genetic congenital defects condition. The frequency of the disease still remains unknown.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:44
Published on: 4 May 2017
Review
Obesity and headache are two highly prevalent diseases both in adults and children and they are associated with a strong personal and social impact. Many studies suggest that obesity is comorbid with headache ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:27
Published on: 7 March 2017
Commentary
Aim of this commentary is to report the most recent views about natural history of subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) according to the different etiologies. In children with idiopathic SH the natural evolution is...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:2
Published on: 3 January 2017
Research
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2017 43:3
Published on: 3 January 2017
Research
The objective of the research was to investigate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in the context of lipid metabolism and amount of yeast-like fungi colonizing the digestive tract in children an...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:107
Published on: 12 December 2016
Research
Genetic and epigenetic alterations in the GNAS locus are responsible for the Gsα protein dysfunctions causing Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) type Ia/c and Ib, respectively. For these heterogeneous diseases charac...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:101
Published on: 21 November 2016
Research
PATRO Children is an ongoing observational, longitudinal, non-interventional, global post-marketing surveillance study, which is investigating the long-term safety and effectiveness of Omnitrope®, a somatropin...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:93
Published on: 3 November 2016
Review
Peripheral quantitative computed tomography provides an automatical scan analysis of trabecular and cortical bone compartments, calculating not only their bone mineral density (BMD), but also bone geometrical ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:88
Published on: 26 September 2016
Research
Adolescent pregnancy carries a higher risk of adverse birth outcomes. Currently, there are very few longitudinal studies that have investigated the growth of children born to adolescents. This study explores t...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:80
Published on: 31 August 2016
Research
Salt-wasting represents a relatively common cause of emergency admission in infants and may result in life-threatening complications. Neonatal kidneys show low glomerular filtration rate and immaturity of the ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:73
Published on: 2 August 2016
Review
The current treatment approach for type 1 diabetes is based on daily insulin injections, combined with blood glucose monitoring. However, administration of exogenous insulin fails to mimic the physiological ac...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:62
Published on: 11 July 2016
Case report
In infants under 3 years of age acquired primary hypothyroidism caused by autoimmune thyroiditis is very rare. Hypothyroidism can manifest with different signs and symptoms and has a wide range of presentation...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:61
Published on: 18 June 2016
Case report
Abnormalities of chromosome 22q11, including deletions and translocations, have been described in association with different birth defects and malformations occurring in many combinations and degrees of severity.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:14
Published on: 11 February 2016
Case report
Costello syndrome is a rare syndrome of multiple congenital anomalies. The typical clinical traits include dysmorphic craniofacial features, skin hyperpigmentation and excess, feeding difficulties leading to ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:10
Published on: 26 January 2016
Research
Growth hormone (GH) has a strong positive influence on bone, stimulating both bone elongation and increase in size. The aim of the study was to compare the effect of two different GH dosages on final height an...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2016 42:5
Published on: 15 January 2016
Research
It is known that Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) may progress to Graves’ disease (GD) and that this phenomenon may be more frequent in the patients with Down syndrome (DS).
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2015 41:87
Published on: 11 November 2015
