ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: BMJ 2018;360:k452The role of thyroid hormones during early gestation is well established by animal studies. In humans, previous studies have shown that maternal hypothyroxinemia was associated with either an early reduction in psychomotor scales (e.g. Bayley scale of infant development) or later in late infancy or adolescence. However, randomized controlled trials on...

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2022 Mar 14:fetalneonatal-2021-323296. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323296. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35288450.Brief Summary: This study tested the hypothesis that the diurnal cortisol area under the curve (mean daily level) and diurnal cortisol slope (decline across the day) differ between infants born preterm and those born at term. Extremely pr...

Brief summary: In the prospective population-based Growing Up in Singapore Toward Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study (n=437 children, 51.9% boys), the effect of parent-reported screen time in infancy was tested on EEG characteristics and correlated to cognitive outcome. Mean daily screen time at 12 months of age was 2 hours. Infant screen time was associated with altered cortical EEG activity at 18 months and was suggested to explain observed alterations in attention and ...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2020;382:341–352.Teprotumumab, an IGF-1R monoclonal antibody, showed promising results for the treatment of Graves’ orbitopathy in a first phase 2 study reported in 2017 [1]. Here, this randomized double-masked, placebo controlled phase 3 multicenter study confirms those initial promising results in patients with moderate-to severe Graves’ eye disease: The primary outcome of proptosis reduc...

To read the full abstract: Nat Genet. 2018; 50(3): 349-354See comment on 8.2...

Brief summary: This single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional study compared the prevalence of gonadal insufficiency and infertility among 58 pubertal, post pubertal and young adult survivors of hematopoietic stem cell Transplantation (HSCT), treated with conditioning regimens of different intensity.Gonadal insufficiency or infertility affects almost all HSCT survivors who received a myeloablative conditioning (MAC) regimen. In recent years, reduced-...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med 2018;379:2131–2139.The authors reviewed data on 1519 patients referred to the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), a US NIH funded network linking seven clinical sites. 53% of patients were female and their symptoms were neurologic (40%), musculoskeletal (10%), immunological (7%), gastrointestinal (7%), or rheumatological (6%). Of the 38...