ea0015s56 | Transitional endocrinology | SFEBES2008
Conway Gerard
Until recently it was usual to discharge teenagers with TS to primary care once final height had been attained in the paediatric setting. It is now clear that adults with TS benefit from dedicated TS clinics in order to optimise health care for this commonly neglected group. In adult life there is a great deal of preventable morbidity in TS which lies within the endocrine remit: osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension. Other disorders ...