2 results match your criteria: "Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC)[Affiliation]"
A critical appraisal of vertebral fracture assessment in paediatrics.
Bone
December 2015
Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC), 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
Purpose: There is a need to improve our understanding of the clinical utility of vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) in paediatrics and this requires a thorough evaluation of its readability, reproducibility, and accuracy for identifying VF.
Methods: VFA was performed independently by two observers, in 165 children and adolescents with a median age of 13.4 years (range, 3.
A case of functional growth hormone deficiency and early growth retardation in a child with IFT172 mutations.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
April 2015
Developmental Endocrinology Research Group (A.K.L.-H., S.F.A.), School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC), Yorkhill, Glasgow, G3 8SJ United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Genetics (E.K.), Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF United Kingdom; Laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases (A.I., Z.W., S.I.), Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan; Department of Human Genetics (N.M.), Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan; and Department of Biochemistry (J.M.), Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Rd, Glasgow, G51 4TF United Kingdom.
Context: Ciliopathies are a group of rare conditions that present through a wide range of manifestations. Given the relative common occurrence of defects of the GH/IGF-I axis in children with short stature and growth retardation, the association between ciliopathies and these defects needs further attention.
Case: Our patient is a boy who was born at term and noted to have early growth retardation and weight gain within the first 18 months of life.