StephenHenryLaFranchiMD

PubMed

• 53 citations
  Novel Microcephalic Primordial Dwarfism Disorder Associated with Variants in the Centrosomal Protein Ninein
  Andrew Dauber, Stephen H. LaFranchi, Zoltan Maliga, Julian C. Lui, Jennifer E. Moon
  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2012-08-29
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  Diagnostic controversy: the diagnosis of childhood growth hormone deficiency revisited.
  Ron G. Rosenfeld, K Albertsson-Wikland, F Cassorla, S D Frasier, Y Hasegawa
  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 1995-05-01
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  Identification of a Familial Hyperinsulinism-causing Mutation in the Sulfonylurea Receptor 1 That Prevents Normal Trafficking and Function of KATP Channels
  Grit Taschenberger, Adam Mougey, Shu Shen, Linda B. Lester, Stephen H. LaFranchi
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2002-05-10

Journal Articles

• Congenital Hypothyroidism: Inside Ireland’s Incline  
  Stephen LaFranchi, MD, AAP News
• Managaement guidelines for children with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer  
  LaFranchi SH, Thyroid, 1/1/2015
• Screening preterm infants for congenital hypothyroidism: better the second time around  
  LaFranchi SH, J Pediatr, 1/1/2014
• Detection of neonates with borderline thyroid dysfunction: An increasingly common management dilemma  
  Connelly KJ, LaFranchi SH, Exp Rev Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2014
• Screening for congenital hypothyroidism: a worldwide view of strategies  
  Ford G, LaFranchi SH, Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2014
• Novel Primordial Dwarfism Syndrome Associated with Variants in the Centrosomal Protein Ninein  
  Dauber A, LaFranchi S, Maliga Z, Lui J, Moon J, McDeed C, Henke K, Zonana J, Kingman G, Pers T, Baron DJ, Rosenfeld R, Hirschhorn J, Harris M, Hwa V, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2012
• Increasing incidence of congenital hypothyroidism: some answers, more question  
  LaFranchi SH, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2011
• The Increasing Incidence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in the United States: Current Trends and Future Directions: Workshop Meeting on Prevalence of Congenital Hypothyr...  
  LaFranchi SH MD, ShapiraSK MD, Pediatrics, 1/1/2010
• Fetal and neonatal thyroid function: A brief review and summary of significant new findings  
  Raymond J, LaFranchi SH, Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes, 1/1/2010
• Tailoring the l-thyroxine starting dose to the severity of hypothyroidism in newborns with congenital hypothyroidism detected by screening program: Commentary  
  LaFranchi SH, Nat Clin Prac Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2008
• Advances in managing infants and children with congenital hypothyroidism  
  LaFranchi SH, Rev of Endocrinol, 1/1/2007
• Comments: Iodine requirements during pregnancy, lactation and the neonatal period, and indicators of optimal iodine nutrition  
  LaFranchi S, Public Health Nutrition, 1/1/2007
• How should we be treating children with congenital hypothyroidism?  
  LaFranchi S, Austin J, J Pediatr Endocrinol & Metab, 1/1/2007
• Newborn screening fact sheets  
  Kaye CI; Committee on Genetics; Accurso F, La Franchi S, Lane PA, Hope N, Pang S, Bradley S, Lloyd-Puryear MA, Pediatrics, 1/1/2006
• Introduction to the newborn screening fact sheets  
  Kaye CI; Committee on Genetics; Accurso F, La Franchi S, Lane PA, Northrup H, Pang S, Schaefer GB, Pediatrics, 1/1/2006
• Thyroid hormone in hypopituitarism, Graves' disease, congenital hypothyroidism, and maternal thyroid disease during pregnancy  
  LaFranchi S, Growth hormone & IGF Res, 1/1/2006
• Androgen replacement in young women with hypopituitarism  
  Bilger M, Speraw S, LaFranchi SH, Hanna CE, J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2005
• 2004 Where do we go from here? Summary of Working group discussions on thyroid function and gestational outcomes  
  Hollowell JG, LaFranchi S, Smallridge RC, Spong CY, Haddow JE, boyle CA, Thyroid, 1/1/2005
• Screening for congenital hypothyroidism: Current controversies  
  Madison LD, LaFranchi S, Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes, 1/1/2005
• Predictors of glucose control in children and adolescents  
  Urbach SL, LaFranchi S, Lambert L, Lapidus JA, Daneman D, Becker TM, Pediatric Diabetes, 1/1/2005
• Neurodevelopmental outcomes in congenital hypothyroidism: Comparison of initial T4 dose and time to reach target T4 and TSH  
  Selva KA, Harper A, Downs A, Blasco PA, LaFranchi SH, J Pediatrics, 1/1/2005
• Safety of medications and hormones used in pediatric endocrinology  
  Beck-Peccoz P, Persani L, LaFranchi S, Thyroid. Ped Endocrinol Rev, 1/1/2004
• Effects of growth hormone on pulmonary function, sleep quality, behavior, cognition, growth velocity body composition, and resting energy expenditure in Prader-Willi s...  
  Haqq AM, Stadler DD, Jackson RH, Rosenfeld RG, Purnell JQ, LaFranchi SH, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2003
• Serum ghrelin levels are inversely correlated with body mass index, age and insulin concentration in normal children and are markedly increased in Prader-Willi Syndrom...  
  Haqq AM, Farooqi S, O'Rahilly S, Stadler DD, Rosenfeld RG, Pratt KL, LaFranchi SH, Purnell JQ, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1/1/2003
• Identification of a familial hyperinsulinism-causing mutation in the sulfonylurea receptor 1 that prevents normal trafficking and  
  Tashenberger G, Mougey A, Shen S, Lester LB, LaFranchi S, Shyng S-L, J Biol Chem, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

• Thyroid Function Testing 
  Chapter: Assessing Thyroid Function in Infants and Children 
  Balogh A, LaFranchi SHEditors: Brent G.Springer, Norwell, MA2010
• Principles and Practice of Pediatric Endocrinology 
  Chapter: The Thyroid Gland and Its Disorders 
  Page 279 - 356LaFranchi SH, Hanna CEEditors: Kappy MS, Allen DB, Geffner ME.Springfield, IL2005
• Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice 
  Chapter: Thyroid hormone therapy of congenital and acquired hypothyroidism in children. 
  LaFranchi SEditors: Meikle AW.Humana Press, Totowa, NJ2003
• Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 
  Chapter: Adolescent thyroid disorders. 
  Page 13 - 35Hanna CE, LaFranchi SEditors: Lee P.Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia2002
• Essense of Pediatrics 
  Chapter: Hypothyroidism 
  LaFranchi SEditors: James A. Stockman and Jacob Lohr.W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia2000
• The Thyroid 
  Chapter: Graves' disease in the neonatal period and childhood. 
  Page 1237 - 1246LaFranchi SH, Mandel SHEditors: Braverman L, Utiger R.J.B. Lippincott Co., PhiladelphiaEdition 6th,1996
• Werner and Ingbar's the Thyroid 
  Chapter: Graves' disease in the neonatal period and childhood. 
  Page 1000 - 1008LaFranchi S, Hanna CEEditors: Braverman L, Utiger R.J.B. Lippincott Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 7th,1996
• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 
  Chapter: Disorders of the thyroid gland. 
  Page 1508 - 1605LaFranchi SHEditors: Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Arvin AM.W.B.Saudners Co., PhiladelphiaEdition 15th,1995
• Adolescent Medicine 
  Chapter: Adolescent thyroid disorders. 
  Page 65 - 86LaFranchi SHEditors: SanFilipo JS, Finklestein JW, Styne DM.Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia1994
• Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism 
  Chapter: Newborn thyroid screening programs and newborn thyroid disorders. 
  Page 389 - 412LaFranchi SHEditors: N. Lavin.Little, Brown and Co., Boston1986
• Basic and Clinical Endocrinology 
  Chapter: Clinical features of congenital hypothyroidism. 
  Page 351 - 383Letarte J, LaFranchi SHEditors: London, Larsen and Sonksen.Marcel Dekker, NY1983
• Clinical Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology 
  Chapter: Hypothyroidism, congenital and acquired. 
  Page 82 - 95LaFranchi SHEditors: S.A. Kaplan.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia1982
• International Congress Series No. 606, Neonatal Screening the International Symposium on Neonatal Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism 
  Chapter: Newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Alaska. 
  Pang S, Murphey W, Levine L, Spence DA, Leon A, LaFranchi SH, Surve AS, New MIEditors: H. Narase and M. Irie.Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam-Oxford-Princeton1982
• Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility and Genetics, Vol. V of Gynecology and Obstetrics 
  Chapter: Precocious puberty. 
  Page 1 - 14LaFranchi SHEditors: Speroff and Simpson.Harper and Row Publishers, Chicago1981
• Neonatal Thyroid Screening 
  Chapter: Regional screening for congenital hypothyroidism: results of screening one million North American infants with filter spot paper T4-TSH 
  Dussault JH, Mitchell ML, LaFranchi SH, Murphey WHEditors: Barrow and Dussault.Raven Press, NY1980
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia 
  Chapter: 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, Estradiol and Testosterone in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia 
  Kaplan SA, Lippe BM, LaFranchi SH, Parlow AEditors: P.A. Lee.University Park Press, Baltimore1975
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Abstracts/Posters

• Transient vs. permanent congenital hypothyroidism after age 3 years in infants detected by the first vs. second newborn screening test in Oregon.
  Ford GA, Denniston S, Hermerath CA, Skeels MR, LaFranchi SH, Pediatric Academic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/26/2015
• Review of "European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Consensus Gildelines on Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Congenital Hypothyroidism"
  LaFranchi S, JCEM, Pediatric Endocrine Society MOCE Part 2 CME Credit, San Diego, 1/25/2015
• Hypothyroidism in an infant with a fibrosarcoma expressing type 3 deiodinase (D3).
  Connelly K, Huang S, Krols A, Jugo RH, LaFranchi SH, American Thyroid Association, Coronado, CA, 1/29/2014
• DUOX2 molecular defects are a relatively common cause of congenital hypothyroidism in a subgroup of infants with gland in-situ and evidence for a partial iodide organi...
  LaFranchi SH, Clincal Thyroidology, 1/1/2014
• Worldwide screening for congenital hypothyroidism.
  Ford G, LaFranchi SH, 9th Joint Meeting of Paediatric Endocrinology, Milan, Italy, 1/19/2013
• Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in an adolescent female.
  Morozova M, Gibson T, LaFranchi S, Shindo M, Stork L, Sauer D, Pollock JM, American Society of Neuroradiology, San Diego, CA, 1/18/2013
• Novel Primordial Dwarfism Syndrome Associated with Variants in the Centrosomal Protein Ninein.
  Dauber A, LaFranchi S, Maliga Z, Lui J, Moon J, McDeed C, Henke K, Zonana J, Kingman G, Pers T, Baron DJ, Rosenfeld R, Hirschhorn J, Harris M, Hwa V, The Endocrine Society, Houston, TX, 1/1/2012
• Congenital hypothyroidism caused by excess prenatal maternal iodine ingestion: a case series.
  Connelly K, Boston B, Pearce E, Sesser D, LaFranchi SH, The Endocrine Society, Houston, TX, 1/1/2012
• Congenital hypothyroidism associated with goiter: risk of nodules and cancer.
  Rastogi MV, Hanna CE, Mandel SH, LaFranchi SH, Horm Res, LWPES/ESPE 8th Joint Meeting, NY, 1/9/2009
• Characteristics at presentation for auto-immune thyroiditis in children.
  DeBoer M, LaFranchi S, The Endocrine Society 88th Annual Meeting, Boston, 1/24/2006
• Cognitive outcomes in congenital hypothroidism: Comparison of initial T4 dose and time to reach target T4 and TSH.
  Selva KA, Harper A, Downs A, Blasco PA, LaFranchi SH, Pediatr Res, 1/1/2004
• Serum Ghrelin levels are markedly increased in children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).
  Haqq AM, Purnell JQ, Rosenfeld RG, Pratt KL, Tjoeng E, LaFranchi SH, The Endocrine Society, 84th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1/21/2002
• Investigation of growth hormone (GH) secretion, body composition, resting energy expenditure (REE), metabolic parameters, respiratory function, sleep, IQ, and behavior...
  Haqq AM, Stadler DD, Jackson R, LaFranchi SH, J Invest Med, 1/1/2002
• A novel presentation of familial glucocorticoid deficiency.
  Selva KA, LaFranchi SH, Boston B, J Invest Med, 1/1/2002
• Comparison of 3 initial treatment doses in infants with congenital hypothyroidism over the first 12 weeks.
  Selva KA, Mandel SH, Rien L, Nelson JC, LaFranchi SH, J Invest Med, 1/1/2002
• Tempo of bone age advancement in growth hormone deficient children treated with growth hormone.
  Lopez-Bermijo, A, Nichols VE, LaFranchi SH, Pediatr Res, 1/1/2001
• Replacement dose of l-thyroxine in congenital hypothyroidism.
  Selva KA, Mandel S, Rein L, Nelson JC, LaFranchi SH, Pediatr Res, 1/1/2001
• Androgen replacement in hypopituitary young women.
  Hanna CE, Bilger ML, LaFranchi SH, Pediatr Res, 1/1/2001
• Follow-up of newborns with elevated screening T4 concentrations.
  Snyder DB, Sesser DE, Skeels MR, Brent GA, Nelson JC, LaFranchi SH, Pediatr Res, 1/1/2001
• Elevated serum TSH concentrations in congenital hypothyroidism: Abnormal feedback control versus inadequate therapy.
  Fisher DA, Schoen EJ, LaFranchi SH, Mandel SH, Nelson JC, Carlton EI, Pediatr Res, 1/1/2000
• Thyroid disorders in newborns with elevated screening T4.
  Snyder D, Sesser D, Skeels M, Nelson J, LaFranchi S, Thyroid, 1/1/1997
• Can the increase of insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-1 and IGFBP-2 in diabetic adolescents with microalbuminuria determine a decrease of free-IGF-1?
  Spagnoli A, Chiarelli R, Boscherini B, LaFranchi SH, Rosenfeld RG, Horm Res, 1/1/1997
• A neuronal to glial signaling pathway underlies the estradiol/progesterone induced upregulation of the TGF alpha gene in hypothalamic astrocytes.
  Bilger ML, Ma YJ, LaFranchi SH, Ojeda SR, Horm Res, 1/1/1997
• Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 proteolysis in serum of adolescents with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: correlation with diabetic microalbuminuria a...
  Spagnoli A, Chiarelli F, Boscherini B, LaFranchi SH, Rosenfeld RG, J Invest Med, 1/1/1997
• Spontaneous puberty does not adversely affect near adult height (AH) in growth hormone deficienct (GHD) children treated with optimal doses of recombinant DNA-derived ...
  Blethen SL, Baptista J, Kuntze J, LaFranchi S, Foley TP, Johanson A, 10th International Congress of Endocirnology, 1/1/1996
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Lectures

• Is it Possible to Improve Outcomes in Congenital Hypothyrodism? 
  Orlando, FL - 1/20/2015
• Challenging Endocrine Cases. 
  Cincinnati Children's Hospital - 1/13/2015
• Congenital Hypothyroidism: The Case for Newborn Screening. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/29/2014
• Screening Babies for Congenital Hypothyroidism: Lessons Learned 40 Years On. 
  UCLA, Los Angeles, CA - 1/28/2014
• Congenital central hypothyroidism detected by newborn screening. 
  Portland, OR - 1/8/2014
• Thyroid Enlargement and Thyroid Masses: An Approach for the Primary Care. 
  Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN - 1/26/2013
• Review of Newborn Screening Programs: What To Do With Borderline NBS Abnormalities. 
  Washington, DC - 1/6/2013
• Thyroid Function in the Nutritionally Obese Child and Adolescent. 
  Washington, DC - 1/4/2013
• Thyroid Development, Physiology, and Congenital Hypothyroidism. 
  Washington, DC - 1/3/2013
• Non-cancer Thyroid "Hot Topics" in Children and Adolescents. 
  Houston, TX - 1/23/2012
• Debate: Should Subclinical Hypothyroidism Be Treated in Children? 
  Quebec, Canada - 1/22/2012
• Congenital Hypothyroidism: 36 Years From Onset of Newborn Screening: What Have We Learned? 
  Kansas City - 1/18/2012
• Congenital hypothyroidism caused by excess maternal iodine ingestion: a case series. 
  Carmel, CA - 1/1/2012
• Congenital hypothyroidism: cases detected with delayed TSH rise. 
  Seattle, WA - 1/11/2011
• Growth: Overview of Evaluation and Mangement. 
  Ashland, OR - 1/29/2010
• Increased incidence of congenital hypothyroidism: possible explanations. 
  Portland, OR - 1/25/2010
• Management of Graves' Disease in Children. 
  Portland, OR - 1/11/2010
• Controversies in the Management of Pediatric Thyroid Disorders: Graves' Disease. 
  West Palm Beach, FL - 1/25/2009
• Newborn Screening Strategies for Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Update. 
  Cancun, Mexico - 1/7/2009
• Congenital hypothyroidism: Update on detection and treatment. 
  Boston - 1/28/2008
• Hypothyroxinemia in the preterm infant. 
  San Francisco - 1/14/2008
• Optimizing the treatment of congenital hypothyroidism. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/3/2008
• Pediatric thyroid tests: Application and pitfalls. 
  Honolulu - 1/1/2008
• Congenital Hypothyroidism. 
  New York, NY - 1/6/2007
• Hyperthyroidism: From Newborn to Adolescence. 
  Boston - 1/27/2006
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Other

• Pediatric ESAP 2015-2016: Pediatric Endocrine Self-Assessment Program. 
  Gafni RI, Alter CA, Bauer AJ, DeBoer M, Boyce AM, Huang SA, LaFranchi SH, Lekarev O, Miller BS, Palma Sisto PA, Silverman L, Stratakis CA, Thornton PS, Weinzimer SA, Endocrine Society
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2015
• Worldwide coverage of newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: a public health challenge. 
  LaFranchi SH, US Endocrinology
  1/1/2015
• Pediatric ESAP 2013-2014: Pediatric ESAP Self-Assessment Program. 
  Alter CA, Gafni RI, Huang SA, Levitt Katz LE, Kemp SF, LaFranchi SH, Miller BS, Olshan JS, Stratakis CA, Weinzimer SA, Endocrine Society
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2013
• "Thyrotoxicosis/Thyroid Storm" 
  LaFranchi SH, "Decision Support in Medicine"
  1/1/2011
• Pediatric ESAP 2011-2012: Pediatric Endocrine Self-Assessment Program. 
  Alter CA, Gafni RI, Huang SA, Levitt Katz LE, Kemp SF, LaFranchi SH, Olshan JS, Stratakis CA, Weinzimer SA, Endocrine Society
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• "Myxedema Coma" 
  LaFranchi SH, "Decision Support in Medicine"
  1/1/2011
• "Sick-Euthyroid Syndrome" 
  LaFranchi SH, "Decision Support in Medicine"
  1/1/2011
• "Pediatric ESAP (Endocrine Self-Assessment Program)-case presentations, questions, answers, and discussion" 
  LaFranchi SH, The Endocrine Society
  1/1/2011
• Thyroid disease in pregnancy. 
  Mestman JH, Goodwin TM, LaFranchi SH, ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) Update-Audiotape, Vol 32, no. 11
  1/11/2007
• Clinical features and detection of congenital hypothyroidism. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Treatment and prognosis of congenital hypothyroidism. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Thyroid physiology in the fetus and preterm and term infants. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Acquired hypothyroidism in childhood and adolescence. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Evaluation and management of neonatal Graves' disease. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of hyperthyroidism in childhood and adolescents. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Treatment and prognosis of Graves' disease in childhood and adolescents. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Goiter and thyroid cancer in children. 
  LaFranchi SH, UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed)
  Waltham, MA - 1/1/2007
• Commentary: Beneficial effects of raloxifene an tamoxifen in the treatment of pubertal gynecomastia. 
  LaFranchi S, Yearbook of Pediatrics, pp133-134
  1/1/2006
• Medical management of Graves' disease in children and adolescents: Why we should use antithyroid drugs alone. 
  LaFranchi S, AAP Section on Endocriniology
  1/1/2002
• Neonatal Graves' disease. 
  LaFranchi S, AAP Section on Endocrinology
  1/1/2001
• Maternal thyroid deficiency is detrimental to fetus-Commentary. 
  LaFranchi S, AAP Grand Rounds
  1/1/2000
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