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This section considers studies regarding all aspects of endocrinology and diabetology in children and adolescents.
Research
Linear growth and final height are reported as normal in congenital hypothyroid patients in the neonatal screening era.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2015 41:82
Published on: 28 October 2015
Research
Noonan syndrome (NS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by specific features including short stature, distinctive facial dysmorphic features, congenital heart defects, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2015 41:71
Published on: 6 October 2015
Case report
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is a rare, genetically based, autosomal dominant disorder. Its course is accompanied by the development of multiple neoplasms with the following tumours diagnosed most commonly in th...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2015 41:56
Published on: 13 August 2015
Research
Ectopic hepatic lipid accumulation is closely related to the development of insulin resistance, which is regarded as one of the most significant risk factors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The c...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2014 40:84
Published on: 17 November 2014
Case report
Primary adrenal insufficiency is relatively rare in children and, if unrecognized, may present with cardiovascular collapse, making it a potentially life-threatening entity.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2014 40:78
Published on: 26 September 2014
Research
Early discharge of healthy late preterm and full term newborn infants has become common practice because of the current social and economic necessities. Severe jaundice, and even kernicterus, has developed in ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:6
Published on: 1 February 2012
Review
An epidemic of pediatric obesity has occurred across the world in recent years. There are subgroups within the population at high-risk of becoming obese and especially of having experience of precocious cardio...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:38
Published on: 16 August 2011
Commentary
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become over the last decade the most common form of chronic liver disease in children and adults. Thus, establishing the diagnosis of NAFLD is of utmost importance...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:36
Published on: 2 August 2011
Research
Recently, hepcidin expression in adipose tissue has been described and shown to be increased in patients with severe obesity. We tried to assess the effect of obesity on hepcidin serum levels and treatment out...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:34
Published on: 19 July 2011
Case report
despite recent progress in imaging, it is still difficult to distinguish between pituitary adenoma and hyperplasia, even using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with gadolinium injection. We describe an example...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:15
Published on: 7 April 2011
Research
It is well known that certain non-thyroidal critical illness may lead to euthyroid sick syndrome(ESS). There are little reports about the change of thyroid hormone in the children's central nervous system (CNS...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:11
Published on: 11 February 2011
Research
Preliminary evidence suggests an association between obesity and gut inflammation.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:66
Published on: 1 October 2010
Commentary
The first years of life are crucial to start preventive interventions that can have an impact on lifestyle and later overweight and obesity. Under the Italian National Health System (INHS), children are cared ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:55
Published on: 17 August 2010
Research
In the Sub Saharan Africa Rickets has now been established to be due primarily to calcium deficiency and sometimes in combination with vitamin D deficiency. The main thrust of management is calcium supplementa...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:54
Published on: 11 August 2010
Research
Using the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data, we explore the association between excessive recreational computer use and specific food consumption behavior among California's adolescents aged ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:52
Published on: 5 August 2010
Commentary
Ipercaloric diet and reduced physical activity have driven the rise in the prevalence of childhood obesity over a relatively short time interval. Family and twin studies have led to the conclusion that the str...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:43
Published on: 11 June 2010
Case report
Hepatic hemangioma, adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia are the most frequent benign lesions of the liver, but they are all infrequent among pediatric population. The reports of focal nodular hyperplasia in ...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:41
Published on: 26 May 2010
Research
The control of growth and nutritional status in the foetus and neonate is a complex mechanism, in which also hormones produced by adipose tissue, such as adiponectin and leptin are involved. The aim of this st...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:26
Published on: 18 March 2010
Research
evaluation of thyroid function in neonates born from mothers affected by autoimmune thyroiditis in order to define if a precise follow-up is necessary for these children. The influence of maternal thyroid pero...
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:24
Published on: 10 March 2010
Letter to the Editor
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:22
Published on: 4 March 2010
