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Growth Hormone Treatment in Patients With KBG Syndrome: Novel Insights, Challenges and Recommendations From Six New Patients and Literature Review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 197, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT KBG syndrome is one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders and is caused by ANKRD11 variants. Postnatal short stature is observed in ~50% of patients. Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) has become a valuable treatment for patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) along with Prader–Willi and Turner syndrome. Limited evidence
Sietse M. Aukema   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children's psychosocial functioning and parents' quality of life in paediatric short stature: The mediating role of caregiving stress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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Bullinger, Monika   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Further Evidence That Chondrocalcinosis 1 (CCAL1) is a Confirmed Mendelian Phenotype With a Known Molecular Basis

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 197, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Chondrocalcinosis (CCAL), also known as calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPDD), is a frequent multifactorial condition in the elderly, but there are two rare autosomal dominant Mendelian forms, CCAL1 (OMIM %600668) and CCAL2. Only three families with molecularly proven CCAL1 have been reported.
Anna‐Christina Pansa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marked increase of final height by long-term aromatase inhibition in a boy with idiopathic short stature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Growth hormone (GH) is the most frequently used treatment in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS). Aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy is still in an experimental state, and both final height (FH) and long-term efficacy data in ISS have not been ...
Doerfer, Jürgen   +5 more
core  

The Etiological Spectrum OF Short Stature among Children Attending Endocrine Clinic at Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]

open access: yesLiaquat National Journal of Primary Care
Background: One of the most frequent reasons for referral to pediatric endocrinology units is short stature. Children’s short height has a complicated etiology that includes genetics, race, gender, nutrition, and several endocrine hormones.
Hira Urooj Iqbal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sudden upper airway obstruction during catatonia treatment: A case of nasogastric tube syndrome

open access: yesPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Background Nasogastric tube syndrome (NGTS) is a rare yet potentially life‐threatening complication caused by prolonged compression of the laryngeal structures by a nasogastric tube, resulting in bilateral vocal fold paralysis and acute upper airway obstruction.
Kota Mukasa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: The skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Hypertrichosis is defined as an excessive growth in body hair beyond the normal variation compared with individuals of the same age, race and sex and affecting areas not predominantly androgen-dependent. The term hirsutism is usually referred to patients,
CORSELLO, Giovanni   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Chronic atrial and intestinal dysrythmia syndrome: A late‐onset intestinal pseudo‐obstruction and cardiac dysfunction due to an SGO1 mutation

open access: yesJPGN Reports, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 327-333, November 2025.
Abstract Objectives Pediatric intestinal pseudo‐obstruction (PIPO) is a rare, heterogeneous, and severe gut motility disorder. In 2014, Chetaille et al. described chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia (CAID) syndrome associated with a recessive SGO1 mutation (p.Lys23Glu) linking it to both intestinal pseudo‐obstruction and cardiac dysrhythmia. This
Linda Adouane   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic regulation of pituitary gland development in human and mouse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Normal hypothalamopituitary development is closely related to that of the forebrain and is dependent upon a complex genetic cascade of transcription factors and signaling molecules that may be either intrinsic or extrinsic to the developing Rathke’s ...
Aarskog   +321 more
core   +2 more sources

Explaining parent-child (dis)agreement in generic and short stature-specific health-related quality of life reports: do family and social relationships matter? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: In the context of health-related quality of life (HrQoL) assessment in pediatric short stature, the present study aimed to examine the levels of agreement/disagreement between parents’ and children’s reports of generic and condition-specific ...
Bullinger, Monika   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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