Obesity among children, adolescents and adults has emerged as one of the most serious
public health concerns in the 21st century. The worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity …

Approximately 7% of men suffer from fertility problems, the etiology of which are ascribable
to a number of factors acting at pretesticular, posttesticular, or testicular levels. About 20% of …

Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterised by
retinal dystrophy, obesity, post-axial polydactyly, renal dysfunction, learning difficulties and …

Objectives. The development of recommendations for physicians, nurse practitioners, and
nutritionists to guide the evaluation and treatment of overweight children and adolescents …

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by rod-
cone dystrophy, postaxial polydactyly, central obesity, mental retardation, hypogonadism …

Insulin resistance is among the most prevalent endocrine derangements in the world, and it
is closely associated with major diseases of global reach including diabetes mellitus …

A seven-year-old girl is 130 cm tall (the 90th percentile for girls of the same age) and weighs
34.6 kg (above the 95th percentile), with a body-mass index of 20.5 (above the 95th …

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by
multiple clinical features that include pigmentary retinal dystrophy, polydactyly, obesity …

This article reviews the majority of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
(CAKUT) with emphasis in Pediatric Pathology describing and illustrating lesions as varied …

Ubiquitous in nature, cilia and flagella comprise nearly identical structures with similar
functions. The most obvious example of the latter is motility: driving movement of the …