Maria Segni

TL;DR: The increased percentage of spontaneous menarche is Turner's syndrome reported in the recent literature might be due to increased ascertainment by diligent screening for Turner’s syndrome in girls with short stature and mild or no Turner's Syndrome stigmata, even though they may be menstruating.

TL;DR: GnRHa treatment in ICPP is safe for the reproductive system, BMD, and BMI and helpful in reaching AH close to target height; however, the variability of individual responses suggests that one choose more parameters than increment in height, especially in girls with pubertal onset over 8 yr of age.

TL;DR: Evaluated and compared the diagnostic accuracies of clinical, laboratory, and imaging data collected retrospectively in a group of pediatric patients with thyroid nodules submitted to fine needle aspiration biopsy provides strong evidence that fine needle aspirations biopsy is a safe technique even in childhood and adolescence, offering the best sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in detecting malignancy compared with conventional approaches.

TL;DR: A significant association was found between allelic variation of the promoter (-1260) C/A polymorphism and Addison's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus, implying a regulatory difference of the CYP27B1 hydroxylase to predispose to endocrine autoimmunity.

TL;DR: Three unrelated children, all females, in whom GD occurred before the age of 3, presented with goiter, exophthalmos, tachycardia, and hyperactivity, one showed a severe psychomotor delay, and had previously undergone surgery due to craniosynostosis; the other two manifested a language delay.