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.1) Values are mean ( s.d. ) with significant differences between assays highlighted in bold (one-way ANOVA). a P = 0.008. Significantly more children had their dose increased using the PRC (24/44, 55%) compared to the PRA (16/47, 34
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Introduction Obesity is a complex condition associated with changes in many steroid hormones also including androgens: concentrations of testosterone and DHEAS and their precursors are increased in children ( 1 , 2 ) and obese women ( 3
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started in patients with either subclinical (high TSH with normal fT4) or overt hypothyroidism (subnormal fT4 and increased TSH). There is no consensus on the timing to start or discontinue therapy based on TSH concentrations in children and adolescents
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therapy for CD in children, its efficacy and safety in this context has not been reported so far. We describe here the efficacy and safety of mitotane as treatment of CD in nine children in comparison to 13 patients cured by TSS. Table 1 Synopsis of
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anthropometric development in children with T1D ( 1 , 2 ). The Mauriac syndrome, characterized by growth failure and hepatomegaly, constitutes the most critical growth-related condition characterized by long-term and poorly controlled T1D in relation to chronic
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Introduction Elevated plasma C-terminal fibroblast growth factor 23 (C-FGF23) concentrations have been recorded in Gambian children with putative Ca-deficiency rickets (1) and, at a lower prevalence, in apparently healthy children from the local
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Introduction Rates of childhood obesity have steeply increased over the past decades ( 1 ). Nowadays, an estimated number of 107.7 million children suffer from obesity worldwide ( 1 ), and approximately 20% of them progress to hypertension ( 2
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( 4 ) and obesity ( 5 ) in adults and obesity ( 6 ) in children. Phthalates are used as softeners in PVC plastics. As phthalates are continuously emitted from PVC, humans can be exposed through ingestion, inhalation or by dermal contact ( 7
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relationship between GH and gonadal steroid levels in children is difficult to establish because steroid levels are very low prior to puberty. Therefore, although the clinical features related to sexual dimorphism of the somatotroph axis have been well
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do not exclude GHD. In the current retrospective study we aimed to define the best IGF1 SDS diagnostic cut-off using a standardized assay in a large cohort of children and adolescents with short stature. Furthermore, we wanted to evaluate through