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Clinical Challenges in Transition to Adult Care for Young People With Endocrinopathies
ABSTRACT The complexity of transition of pediatric patients to adult care is well recognized, with a multidisciplinary approach widely agreed to be essential. Despite extensive existing literature in this area, practical guidance as to the management of specific medical aspects and how to address these with patients and families is lacking, with little
Margaret Zacharin, Quynh‐Nhu Nguyen
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Objective: To describe the results obtained in a neonatal screening program after its implementation and to assess the clinical and molecular profiles of confirmed and suspicious congenital adrenal hyperplasia cases.
Cristiane Kopacek +8 more
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The Relationship Between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Depression
ABSTRACT Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent endocrine disorder, frequently accompanied by psychological comorbidities including depression. The aim of this narrative review is to summarise the latest research regarding potential contributors to and underpinning mechanisms of this relationship.
Asimina I. Karampela, Maralyn Druce
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GNAS mutation is an unusual cause of primary adrenal insufficiency: a case report
Background Primary adrenal insufficiency in children has non-specific and extensive clinical features, so the diagnosis of its etiology is complex and challenging.
Yajie Tong +3 more
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Remission during pregnancy of severe Chronic Hypertension due to 11-ß Hydroxylase Deficiency [PDF]
When hypertension is a result of an underlying identifiable abnormality, the latter's early discovery can lead to a timely cure of the hypertension and the prevention of its complications.
Attard, Gerhardt, Cachia, Mario J.
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Physiological Basis of Sex Differences in Human Performance and Exercise‐Associated Pathology
ABSTRACT The presence of sex differences in human physical performance is well‐established and shaped by distinct endocrine, anatomical and physiological mechanisms. Despite sustained advances, our understanding of how inherent biological factors drive variations in exercise capacity and related pathologies is still developing.
David A. Holdsworth +7 more
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Not Judging by Appearances: The Role of Genotype in Jewish Law on Intersex Conditions [PDF]
Jewish communities have always had children with intersex conditions, which involve atypical anatomic, chromosomal, or gonadal sex. In the last several decades, Orthodox rabbis have issued ad hoc rulings to assign sex to children and adults with intersex
Hillel Gray
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Abstract Background The prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas is increasing, along with the incidence of functional or malignant lesions. This study assessed how imaging of adrenal incidentalomas at a tertiary hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, without a dedicated adrenal incidentaloma service, conformed to the American College of Radiology (ACR ...
Anthony Benfell +4 more
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: A Review of Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of diseases in which genetic defects occur that disturb the synthesis of cortisol. The most common variant of CAH (95%-99%) is caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency as a result of mutations in ...
Zuzanna Szczepaniak +7 more
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Clonal Composition of Human Adrenocortical Neoplasms [PDF]
The mechanisms of tumorigenesis of adrenocortical neoplasms are still not understood. Tumor formation may be the result of spontaneous transformation of adrenocortical cells by somatic mutations.
Abdelhamid, S. +7 more
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