Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The incidence of type 2 diabetes in childhood in the UK is increasing. It is often an aggressive disease associated with poor health outcomes. Despite this, there is little formal training and evidence based guidance.Objectives and method: A questionnaire was sent to each paediatric diabetes unit in England and Wales, evaluating variation in practice, training and confidence in the management of type 2 diabetes.Results:...

Background: Estimates for the prevalence of SHOX mutation in children with short stature vary from 2 to 15%. Unless specific clinical and radiological signs are sought these patients can be misdiagnosed as idiopathic short stature. An evidence based clinical scoring system has been published to identify these patients; more recently characteristic radiological signs have also been identified in bone age X-rays. To our knowledge there has not been a survey in the UK ev...