Hospital for Children
Divisions/Specialties
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
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- 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
- NIH-funded "Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications" trial
- Hormonal control of bone development
- Differentiation of new forms of growth hormone deficiency
- NIH-funded obesity study and diabetes prevention
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: May 21, 2007.
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