Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Obesity: ENDO Practice Guidelines (JCEM 2008)

An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline about Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Obesity, based on expert opinion.

Use of Aromatase Inhibitors in Children and Adolescents with Disorders of Growth and Adolescent Development (Pediatrics 2008)

A review of published data regarding the use of aromatase inhibitors in pediatrics.

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.