Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Reproductive Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Internal medicine, Polycystic ovary, Endocrinology, Obesity, and hirsutism.
EndoCompass project: research roadmap for reproductive and developmental endocrinology
Adolescent PCOS: a postpubertal central obesity syndrome
Higher levels of serum α-Klotho are longitudinally associated with less central obesity in girls experiencing weight gain
The relative deficit of GDF15 in adolescent girls with PCOS can be changed into an abundance that reduces liver fat
Toward a Treatment Normalizing Ovulation Rate in Adolescent Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Reduced circulating levels of chemokine CXCL14 in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: normalization after insulin sensitization
Gut microbiota in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: Effects of randomized treatments
GHD Diagnostics in Europe and the US: An Audit of National Guidelines and Practice
Effects of metformin administration on endocrine-metabolic parameters, visceral adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in children with obesity and risk markers for metabolic syndrome: A pilot study
Central Obesity, Faster Maturation, and ‘PCOS’ in Girls
An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence
Dysregulation of Placental miRNA in Maternal Obesity Is Associated With Pre- and Postnatal Growth
Normalizing Ovulation Rate by Preferential Reduction of Hepato-Visceral Fat in Adolescent Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Reduced Prenatal Weight Gain and/or Augmented Postnatal Weight Gain Precedes Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescent Girls
Perirenal fat is related to carotid intima-media thickness in children
Placental and Cord Blood Methylation of Genes Involved in Energy Homeostasis: Association With Fetal Growth and Neonatal Body Composition
The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence
Altered Circulating miRNA Expression Profile in Pregestational and Gestational Obesity
The sequence of prenatal growth restraint and post‐natal catch‐up growth leads to a thicker intima‐media and more pre‐peritoneal and hepatic fat by age 3–6 years
Hyperinsulinaemic androgen excess in adolescent girls
Associations Between Genetic Obesity Susceptibility and Early Postnatal Fat and Lean Mass
Oral Contraception vs Insulin Sensitization for 18 Months in Nonobese Adolescents With Androgen Excess: Posttreatment Differences in C-Reactive Protein, Intima-Media Thickness, Visceral Adiposity, Insulin Sensitivity, and Menstrual Regularity
Body Composition and Circulating High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin and IGF-I in Infants Born Small for Gestational Age
Placental Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ (PPARγ): Relation to Placental and Fetal Growth