ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2019 Aug;42(8):1473–1480. PMID: 31332028Maternal obesity and gestational diabetes (GDM) increase the risk of offspring developing childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes. The underlying mechanisms and possible neuronal pathways are unknown but might involve changes in the hypothalamic structure and function. Novel non-invasive imaging te...

To read the full abstract: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019, Jun; 7: 484–98. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30528161This review overviews the published literature on mental and physical health outcomes and treatment effects after gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery in transgender adolescents and highlights important evidence gaps.There is tr...

To read the full abstract: J Sex Med. 2020, Apr; 17: 570–84. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32111534This position statement provides an update for health-care professionals on recommended basic principles for care of transgender people, including male, female and nonbinary. It uses a developmental approach to describe the best care for prepubescent, pubescent and adolescen...

To read the full abstract: Cereb Cortex. 2020; 30(5): 2777–2788. PMID: 31819952.Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), most commonly caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency, is an autosomal recessively inherited life-threatening impairment in cortisol and, in the severe salt wasting form, aldosterone synthesis. The implementation of neonatal screening programs for CAH and the continuous imp...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):319–327. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12971. Epub 2020 Jan 3. PMID: 31885123Dissatisfaction with technologies, discontinuation of use and inappropriate adjustments of insulin pump settings pose important areas of concern in adolescents using diabetes technologies. This study searched for predictors of hybrid closed loop (HCL) discontinuation...

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2019;42(9):1816–23. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0430Short summary: In this longstanding cohort study (n =1718), high intraindividual variability over time in BMI and in HDL-C during childhood, independent of their mean levels, conferred an increased risk of later-life diabetes.Comment: Intraindividual variabil...

To read the full abstract: JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Oct 21;173(12):1137–45. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3544.The authors describe a randomised controlled trial to decrease risks of sensitization to cow’s milk protein by avoiding supplementation with cow’s milk formula at birth. The trial included 330 newborns in Japan, where the practice of supplementing breastfeedin...

To read the full abstract: Elife 2019;8:e43999.Two populations of Kisspeptin neurons are described in the hypothalamus. One population is located in the rostral part of the hypothalamus (the anteroventral periventricular nucleus, AVPV); the other is in the arcuate nucleus (ARC). The major difference between these populations is the opposing effects of 17b-estradiol (E2) on Kiss1...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018;103:3720–28.This nationwide prospective surveillance study aimed to estimate the performance of the current UK recommended TSH threshold (10 mU/L on day 5 after birth) for newborn blood spot screening compared to lower thresholds: 8 mU/L and 6 mU/L. Over a 12-month period, the authors included all patients with positive TSH ba...

Abstract: Dis Model Mech. 2018 Oct 1; 11(10): dmm035691.In brief: Generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI) is a severe, rare disease characterized by excessive calcification of large and medium sized arteries caused by homozygous loss-of-function mutations in ENPP1. Here, in Enpp1 deficient mice, treatment with recombinant hu...