Peripheral precocious puberty secondary to severe hypothyroidism.

Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome is a rare form of severe hypothyroidism. We present a 10.9-year-old girl who consulted for genital bleeding, Tanner stage 2, and clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism.

Nocturnal Salivary Cortisol Is an Accurate Non-Invasive Test to Assess Endogenous Hypercortisolism in Children with Obesity and a Clinical Phenotype Suspicious for Cushing's Syndrome.

Introduction: Cushing's syndrome (CS) constitutes one of the most challenging diagnostic assessments for paediatric endocrinologists. The clinical presentation of some children with exogenous obesity overlaps with those observed in hypercortisolism states. Accurate, non-invasive first-line tests are necessary to avoid false-positive results in the obese.

Use of traditional medicine in the population attending a children's hospital in the City of Buenos Aires.

Introduction: Several studies have reported on the widespread use of traditional medicine (TM) in different countries. Pediatricians receive scarce training in this field.

Objective: To describe the characteristics of TM used by patients attending a children's hospital in the City of Buenos Aires.