Long-Acting Growth Hormone Therapy in Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency: A Consensus Statement.

Context: Several long-acting growth hormone (LAGH) therapies have recently become available, but guidance on their usage in children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency is limited.

Methods: International experts in pediatric endocrinology were invited to join a consensus group based on their expertise in treating children with daily GH and LAGH. The group comprised 11 experts from 10 countries across the world.

Assessment of the quality of malaria surveillance and laboratory services for diagnosis in three districts of Gujarat state, India.

Objectives: Surveillance is the backbone for the control of malaria and its elimination. In the state of Gujarat, situated in the western region of India, some of the districts reported a high annual blood examination rate (ABER) for malaria. Therefore, a study was conducted to identify the underlying reasons for the increase in the ABER for malaria.

Contribution of Sex Steroids in Management of Tall Stature: Is it Effective or Not?

Background: Reduction in adult height by high-dose sex steroids was introduced decades ago. Here, we present the impact of lower doses of sex steroids on the predicted adult height in tall stature.

Methods: This single-center retrospective observational study included 22 tall children treated with low-dose sex steroids.

Understanding the burden of weekly somatrogon injections compared with daily somatropin injections in children with growth hormone deficiency: a plain language summary of publication.

• For children with growth deficiency, once-weekly injections were less of a burden than once-daily injections. • The safety of weekly was similar to that of daily . • Compared with daily injections, children with growth deficiency may be less likely to miss weekly injections.