... D supplementation during pregnancy, i.e., 100,000 IU of cholecalciferol during the third trimester. Methods: We included in our prospective cohort study 1,002 mother-newborn dyads recruited from April 2012 to July 2014 in two centers located in the neighborhoods of Paris, France. Results: Total...

... congenital endocrine disorder prevailing all over the world. No nationwide screening exists for any sub-Saharan country. We present normative cord and capillary thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) values for healthy Nigerian newborns. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 6...

... patient. In 2 full-term newborns and 6 preterm infants, a false-positive diagnosis of CAH, which had been based on serum steroid evaluation, was made. In these cases, increased excretion of fetal adrenal zone steroids was confirmed as a possible source of false-positive serum 11-deoxycortisol and 17α...

... of healthy full-term newborns. We report the normative data for IGF-I, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-3, and GHBP in 271 normal Spanish full-term newborns, born between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation, and compare these results with the same parameters studied in 39 premature infants. Furthermore, we report the relationship...

... serum samples with [ 125 I]-GH, followed by separation of bound and free radioactivity using gel chromatography. In newborns and children younger than 2 months, GHBP was practically absent and no ‘big-big’ GH could be found. GHBP values increased rapidly during the first 2 years of life, followed...

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...Julio Ardura; Regina Gutierrez; Jesus Andres; Teresa Agapito Objective: To assess the age at which the circadian rhythm of melatonin begins. Methods: 55 children, divided into groups from the neonatal period to 24 months of life, were studied. Urine samples were taken from 28 newborn babies...