The elimination of food allergens that contribute essential nutrients in paediatrics may lead
to the development of nutritional disorders. The most common nutritional disorders include …

Measurement of the serum concentration of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) is generally
used as a screening investigation for disorders of the growth hormone (GH)/IGF-I axis in …

Growth failure is frequently encountered in children with chronic inflammatory conditions like
juvenile idiopathic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and cystic fibrosis. Delayed puberty …

Abstract Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in
children, with an annual incidence of 2–20 cases per 100,000 and a prevalence of 16–150 …

Abstract interactions between growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-1 (iGF-1), and
the immune system are complex, bidirectional, but not fully explained. Current reviews …

Children with inflammatory diseases usually display abnormal growth patterns as well as
delayed puberty. This is a result of several factors related to the disease itself, such as …

In recent years, much effort has been directed at redefining malnutrition in the pediatric
population to include the acute clinical population in addition to the more traditional …

Background Few studies have had sufficient longitudinal data to track how different
malnourished states relate to mortality at different ages and interrelate over time. Objectives …

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder affecting million of people worldwide. Increased
understanding of bone disease has led to a greater recognition of factors affecting bones …

Children and adolescents with chronic diseases are commonly affected by a variable
degree of growth failure, leading to an impaired final height. Of note, the peculiar onset …