Pediatric endocrinology

Objectives: To evaluate the association of glutathione S- transferase mu 1 (GST M1) and glutathione S- transferase theta 1 (GST T1) polymorphisms with the development of T1DM and disease-related risk factors. Materials and Methods: The study included 64 diabetic children with T1DM and 41 control subjects. They were subjected to: history taking anthropometric measurements and laboratory parameters included fasting glucose, serum creatinine, lipid profile, HbA1cand evaluation of GST T1 and M1…

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Obesity may be defined as having excess body fat and can be determined by the body mass index percentage using a growth chart (Xu, Xue 16). There are many contributing factors that play a role in childhood obesity. Those factors that can cause a child to become obese is their parents, family genetics, the environment around them, lack of physical activity, and the different sources of technology that is available today. Childhood obesity is a constantly increasing worldwide epidemic (Xu, Xue 15)…

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It is founded on knowledge of reproductive anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology, and incorporates relevant aspects of molecular biology, biochemistry and pathology. In the assessment of patients imaging techniques, laboratory methods and surgery may be needed. Treatment methods include counseling, pharmacology, surgery, and other methods. Reproductive medicine addresses issues of sexual education, puberty, family planning, birth control, infertility, reproductive system disease (including…

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in our residential complex. Life was fun again. “Is he in coma?” I faintly heard my mother ask the doctor, just before I drifted into sleep again. Later, I learned my blood sugar levels had gone much beyond 600. We were in MGM Hospital’s Pediatric Endocrinology ward. On waking up, when my…