Dwarfism Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Dwarfism, including details on genetics, diet, mental and motor development.

Volume 6 (2010), Issue 5 (May)

1. Level of the conus in pediatric patients with skeletal dysplasia.
   J Neurosurg Pediatr, 5(5): 455-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Future research directions to identify causes of the increasing incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism in the United States.
   Pediatrics, 125: S64-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The impact of transient hypothyroidism on the increasing rate of congenital hypothyroidism in the United States.
   Pediatrics, 125: S54-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Effect of laboratory practices on the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism.
   Pediatrics, 125: S48-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Trends in incidence rates of congenital hypothyroidism related to select demographic factors: data from the United States, California, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas.
   Pediatrics, 125: S37-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism--current trends and future directions: workshop summary.
   Pediatrics, 125: S31-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The accuracy of the glucagon test compared to the insulin tolerance test in the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in young children with growth hormone deficiency.
   J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 95(5): 2132-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Variable degree of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) sensitivity in children with idiopathic short stature compared with GH-deficient patients: evidence from an IGF-based dosing study of short children.
   J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 95(5): 2089-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Submicroscopic chromosomal imbalances in idiopathic Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS): the SRS phenotype overlaps with the 12q14 microdeletion syndrome.
   J Med Genet, 47(5): 356-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Cdk5rap2 interacts with pericentrin to maintain the neural progenitor pool in the developing neocortex.
    Neuron, 66(3): 386-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism in Magyarosaurus dacus (Sauropoda: Titanosauria).
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 107(20): 9258-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Congenital hypothyroidism in a kitten resulting in decreased IGF-I concentration and abnormal liver function tests.
    J Feline Med Surg, 12(6): 487-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Chronic activation of the epithelial immune system of the fruit fly's salivary glands has a negative effect on organismal growth and induces a peculiar set of target genes.
    BMC Genomics, 11: 265. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Non-immune goiter and hypothyroidism in a 19-week fetus: a plea for conservative treatment.
    J Pediatr, 156(6): 1026-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Newborn screening results in children with central hypothyroidism.
    J Pediatr, 156(6): 990-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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