Beschreibung:
Professor Mehul Dattani MBBS, DCH, FRCPCH, MD leads paediatric and adolescent endocrinology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. His research interests are in the area of growth, pituitary development and disorders of puberty. Professor Dattani has received a number of national and international awards for his research work. He is currently Chair of the Programme Organizing Committee of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology.
Impairments in the interaction between the central nervous system and the endocrine system can lead to a number of disorders in children. These include type 1 diabetes, growth disorders, adrenal thyroid and pituitary problems, Addison's disease and Cushing syndrome, among others.