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Division of Pediatric Endocrinology

The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology has developed a national reputation for its pioneering work to make the latest advances in pediatric research available to patients.

The division offers a range of specialized services to support physicians' efforts to evaluate and manage patients with endocrine disorders, including growth problems and diabetes control. As part of the world-renowned Joslin Diabetes Center, patients are treated using a comprehensive team approach.

Patient Conditions

• Children with diabetes
• Growth deficiencies
• Growth hormone deficient children
• Hypertension
• Thyroid disorders
• Hirsutism
• Disorders of calcium/phosphate metabolism
• Hypoglycemia
• Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia
• Obesity
• Precocious and delayed puberty
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Congenital and non-classical adrenal hyperplasia
• Diabetes insipidus

Comprehensive Evaluations

• Investigation of causes of short stature
• Evaluation of endocrine causes of hypertension
• Diagnostic testing for diabetes insipidus
• Diagnostic studies of hirsutism
• Bone disorders
• Thyroid disorders
• Diagnostic testing for Cushing's syndrome
• Measurement of integrated GH, cortisol and insulin concentrations
• Diagnostic studies of puberty

Specialized Treatments

• Growth hormone
• Diabetes control
• Precocious puberty
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Childhood osteoporosis

Research Activities

• Joslin Diabetes Center Pediatric Clinical Trials
• NIH-funded "Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications" trial
• Growth hormone therapies
• Trial Net -- NIH-funded obesity study and diabetes prevention
• Trial for new onset of Type 1 Diabetes

Special Programs

• Diabetes Center provides intense management and precise control of diabetes to minimize complications
• Endocrine Diagnostic Unit and Endocrine Diagnostic Laboratory
• Prader-Willi Syndrome Center
• Childhood Bone Disorders Center

Services to Physicians

• Consultation on complicated cases
• Second opinions
• Evaluation of patient conditions
• Special treatment procedures
• Short-term and long-term management

This page was last updated on: February 5, 2010.

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