ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Preface: The skeletal research field continues to develop rapidly and produced several seminal findings during the last year, including advances in the treatment of rare skeletal disorders, and an ever deeper understanding of skeletal stem cell biology and hormone receptor signalling mechanisms. The targeting of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) pathway as a way to antagonize the overactivity of the FGFR3 pathway in achondroplasia has been a subject of tremendous interest a...