Clinical Care

Changes in Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Prescribing Information (PES D & T Committee 2008)

Members of the Drug and Therapeutics Committee of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society describe the changes in the prescribing information for the different forms of
rhGH.

Endocrine Outcomes for Children with Embryonal Brain Tumors After Risk-Adapted Craniospinal and Conformal Primary-Site Irradiation and High-Dose Chemotherapy with Stem-Cell Rescue on the SJMB-96 Trial (J Clin Oncol. 2008)

Drug Therapy of High-Risk Lipid Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents (Circul 2007)

A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association on Drug Therapy of High-Risk Lipid Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents.

Update of Newborn Screening and Therapy for Congenital Hypothyroidism (Pediatrics 2006)

Childhood Obesity (JCEM 2005)

A consensus statement on the widespread public health crisis in childhood obesity.

Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment to Final Height in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: Evidence for a Dose Effect (The Journal of Pediatrics)

An open-label randomized study analyzing the effect of two doses of growth hormone (GH) on final height and height velocity during the first 2 years of treatment of children with idiopathic short stature.

Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height in Peripubertal Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: A Randomized, Doubleblind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Describing the Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height of Children with Idiopathic Short Stature

Growth Hormone Treatment and Neoplasia – Coincidence or Consequence? (JCEM 2007)

The LWPES Writing Committee presents a special editorial on whether there is an association of growth hormone treatment and neoplasia.

Secondary Sexual Characteristics and Menses in Young Girls Seen in Office Practice: A Study from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings Network (Pediatrics 1997)

A Study From the Pediatric Research in Office Settings Network describing Secondary Sexual Characteristics and Menses in Young Girls.

TANNER: Clinical Longitudinal Standards for Height and Height Velocity for North American Children

Changes in Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Prescribing Information (PES D & T Committee 2008)

Endocrine Outcomes for Children with Embryonal Brain Tumors After Risk-Adapted Craniospinal and Conformal Primary-Site Irradiation and High-Dose Chemotherapy with Stem-Cell Rescue on the SJMB-96 Trial (J Clin Oncol. 2008)

Drug Therapy of High-Risk Lipid Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents (Circul 2007)

Update of Newborn Screening and Therapy for Congenital Hypothyroidism (Pediatrics 2006)

Childhood Obesity (JCEM 2005)

Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment to Final Height in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: Evidence for a Dose Effect (The Journal of Pediatrics)

Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height in Peripubertal Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: A Randomized, Doubleblind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)

Growth Hormone Treatment and Neoplasia – Coincidence or Consequence? (JCEM 2007)

Secondary Sexual Characteristics and Menses in Young Girls Seen in Office Practice: A Study from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings Network (Pediatrics 1997)

TANNER: Clinical Longitudinal Standards for Height and Height Velocity for North American Children

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