ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief Summary: This clinical cross-sectional study provides new data on the neurodevelopmental aspects of Klinefelter syndrome (KS). It investigated the brain activation patterns in 43 adolescent males with KS (mean age 12.3±2.3 years) compared to an age-matched typically-developing (n=41) control group during the go/no-go task, an executive function assessment. Behavioral assessment tests, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) were used....

Pediatr Diabetes. 2018 Apr 19. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12683.According to these authors, earlier studies had shown that children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) experience mild cognitive alterations compared to healthy age-matched controls. This might develop during the course of the disease and relate to both hypo- and hyperglycemia. Another explanation points to psychosocial factors or common u...