Publications Print El Mouallem R, Lteif A, Al Nofal A. A Specialist Weighs In: Endocrine and Mental Health. Pediatr Rev. 2024 Sep 1; 45 (9):518-521 View PubMed Salama M, Pinto E Vairo F, Hentz R, Al Nofal A, Hassan S, Ibrahim SH, Lteif A, Creo A, Pittock S, Kumar S. Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Children With Obesity and Variants in MC4R Pathway-related Genes. J Endocr Soc. 2024 Jul 26; 8 (9):bvae137 Epub 2024 July 25 View PubMed Sarafoglou K, Gaviglio A, Wolf C, Lorentz CP, Lteif A, Kyllo J, Radloff G, Detwiler Z, Cuthbert CD, Hodges JS, Grosse SD, Greene CN, Cordovado S. Can incorporating molecular testing improve the accuracy of newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 May 3 Epub 2024 May 03 View PubMed Pinto E Vairo F, Kemppainen JL, Vitek CRR, Whalen DA, Kolbert KJ, Sikkink KJ, Kroc SA, Kruisselbrink T, Shupe GF, Knudson AK, Burke EM, Loftus EC, Bandel LA, Prochnow CA, Mulvihill LA, Thomas B, Gable DM, Graddy CB, Garzon GGM, Ekpoh IU, Porquera EMC, Fervenza FC, Hogan MC, El Ters M, Warrington KJ, Davis JM 3rd, Koster MJ, Orandi AB, Basiaga ML, Vella A, Kumar S, Creo AL, Lteif AN, Pittock ST, Tebben PJ, Abate EG, Joshi AY, Ristagno EH, Patnaik MS, Schimmenti LA, Dhamija R, Sabrowsky SM, Wierenga KJ, Keddis MT, Samadder NJJ, Presutti RJ, Robinson SI, Stephens MC, Roberts LR, Faubion WA Jr, Driscoll SW, Wong-Kisiel LC, Selcen D, Flanagan EP, Ramanan VK, Jackson LM, Mauermann ML, Ortega VE, Anderson SA, Aoudia SL, Klee EW, McAllister TM, Lazaridis KN. Correction: Implementation of genomic medicine for rare disease in a tertiary healthcare system: Mayo Clinic Program for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (PRaUD). J Transl Med. 2024 Apr 30; 22 (1):400 View PubMed Pinto E Vairo F, Kemppainen JL, Vitek CRR, Whalen DA, Kolbert KJ, Sikkink KJ, Kroc SA, Kruisselbrink T, Shupe GF, Knudson AK, Burke EM, Loftus EC, Bandel LA, Prochnow CA, Mulvihill LA, Thomas B, Gable DM, Graddy CB, Garzon GGM, Ekpoh IU, Porquera EMC, Fervenza FC, Hogan MC, El Ters M, Warrington KJ, Davis JM 3rd, Koster MJ, Orandi AB, Basiaga ML, Vella A, Kumar S, Creo AL, Lteif AN, Pittock ST, Tebben PJ, Abate EG, Joshi AY, Ristagno EH, Patnaik MS, Schimmenti LA, Dhamija R, Sabrowsky SM, Wierenga KJ, Keddis MT, Samadder NJJ, Presutti RJ, Robinson SI, Stephens MC, Roberts LR, Faubion WA Jr, Driscoll SW, Wong-Kisiel LC, Selcen D, Flanagan EP, Ramanan VK, Jackson LM, Mauermann ML, Ortega VE, Anderson SA, Aoudia SL, Klee EW, McAllister TM, Lazaridis KN. Implementation of genomic medicine for rare disease in a tertiary healthcare system: Mayo Clinic Program for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (PRaUD). J Transl Med. 2023 Jun 23; 21(1):410. View PubMed Al Nofal A, Hanna C, Lteif AN, Pittock ST, Schwartz JD, Brumbaugh JE, Creo AL. Copeptin levels in hospitalized infants and children with suspected vasopressin-dependent disorders: a case series. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2023 May 25; 36 (5):492-499 Epub 2023 Apr 10 View PubMed Oberhelman-Eaton S, Chang A, Gonzalez C, Braith A, Singh RJ, Lteif A. Initiation of Gender-Affirming Testosterone Therapy in a Lactating Transgender Man. J Hum Lact. 2022 May; 38 (2):339-343 Epub 2021 Sept 07 View PubMed Creo A, Sriram S, Vaughan LE, Weaver AL, Lteif A, Kumar S. Risk of substance use disorders among adolescents and emerging adults with type 1 diabetes: A population-based cohort study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2021 Dec; 22 (8):1143-1149 Epub 2021 Sept 30 View PubMed Kumar S, Ashraf AP, Lteif A, Lynch J, Aye T. Pediatric Endocrinology: Perspectives of Pediatric Endocrinologists Regarding Career Choice and Recruitment of Trainees. Endocr Pract. 2021 Jul; 27 (7):743-748 Epub 2020 Dec 15 View PubMed Driano JE, Creo AL, Kumar S, Chattha AJ, Lteif AN. Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor Masquerading as Steroid-Unresponsive Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. AACE Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jul-Aug; 7 (4):261-263 Epub 2021 Feb 17 View PubMed Driano JE, Lteif AN, Creo AL. Vasopressin-Dependent Disorders: What Is New in Children? Pediatrics. 2021 May; 147 (5) Epub 2021 Apr 01 View PubMed Creo AL, Cortes TM, Jo HJ, Huebner AR, Dasari S, Tillema JM, Lteif AN, Klaus KA, Ruegsegger GN, Kudva YC, Petersen RC, Port JD, Nair KS. Brain functions and cognition on transient insulin deprivation in type 1 diabetes. JCI Insight. 2021 Mar 08; 6(5). View PubMed Rodriguez V, Gonzales KM, Iqbal AM, Arbelo-Ramos N, Wyatt KD, Lteif AN, Castro MR. PANCYTOPENIA SECONDARY TO AUTOIMMUNE VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY IN GRAVES DISEASE. AACE Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov-Dec; 6 (6):e282-e285 Epub 2020 June 23 View PubMed James HA, Chang AY, Imhof RL, Sahoo A, Montenegro MM, Imhof NR, Gonzalez CA, Lteif AN, Nippoldt TB, Davidge-Pitts CJ. A community-based study of demographics, medical and psychiatric conditions, and gender dysphoria/incongruence treatment in transgender/gender diverse individuals. Biol Sex Differ. 2020 Oct 6; 11 (1):55 Epub 2020 Oct 06 View PubMed Kittah NE, Gruber LM, Bancos I, Hamidi O, Tamhane S, Iniguez-Ariza N, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Thompson GB, Lteif A, Young WF, Erickson D. Bilateral pheochromocytoma: Clinical characteristics, treatment and longitudinal follow-up. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2020 Sep; 93 (3):288-295 Epub 2020 June 22 View PubMed McElroy KM, Binkovitz LA, Trout AT, Czachowski MR, Seghers VJ, Lteif AN, States LJ. Pediatric applications of Dotatate: early diagnostic and therapeutic experience. Pediatr Radiol. 2020 Jun; 50 (7):882-897 Epub 2020 June 03 View PubMed Iqbal AM, Kumar S, Hansen J, Heyrman M, Spee R, Lteif A. Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Glycemic Control and Lipids in Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Children (Basel). 2020 Jan 18; 7 (1) View PubMed Jones B, Corredor M, Lteif A, Pittock S, Bornhorst J, Creo A. Use of Copeptin Levels to Predict the Resolution of Transient Postoperative SIADH. Horm Res Paediatr. 2020; 93 (4):258-262 Epub 2020 Sept 30 View PubMed Creo A, Anderson H, Cannon B, Lteif A, Kumar S, Tebben P, Iqbal AM, Ramakrishna A, Pittock S. Patterns of amiodarone-induced thyroid dysfunction in infants and children. Heart Rhythm. 2019 Sep; 16 (9):1436-1442 Epub 2019 Mar 21 View PubMed Iqbal AM, Lteif AN, Kumar S. Association between mild hyperthyrotropinemia and hypercholesterolemia in children with severe obesity. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jun 26; 32 (6):561-568 View PubMed Gupta N, Lteif A, Creo A, Iqbal AM, Pittock S, Tebben PJ, Hansen J, Heyrman M, Spee R, Scanlan-Hanson L, Kumar S. Improved utilization of waist-to-height ratio in cardiometabolic risk counselling in children: Application of DMAIC strategy. J Eval Clin Pract. 2019 Apr; 25 (2):300-305 Epub 2018 Oct 31 View PubMed Dahl AR, Iqbal AM, Lteif AN, Pittock ST, Tebben PJ, Kumar S. Mild subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with paediatric dyslipidaemia. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2018 Sep; 89 (3):330-335 Epub 2018 June 21 View PubMed Gupta N, Rivera M, Novotny P, Rodriguez V, Bancos I, Lteif A. Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Children: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 41 Patients at the Mayo Clinic from 1950 to 2017. Horm Res Paediatr. 2018; 90 (1):8-18 Epub 2018 May 25 View PubMed Sriram S, St Sauver JL, Jacobson DJ, Fan C, Lynch BA, Cristiani V, Kullo IJ, Lteif AN, Kumar S. Temporal trends in lipid testing among children and adolescents: A population based study. Prev Med Rep. 2017 Dec; 8:267-272 Epub 2017 Nov 08 View PubMed Iqbal AM, Dahl AR, Lteif A, Kumar S. Vitamin D Deficiency: A Potential Modifiable Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Children with Severe Obesity. Children (Basel). 2017 Aug 28; 4 (9) View PubMed Mohamed A, Dahl A, Lteif A, Kumar S. Association between Vitamin D Status and Lipids among Children with Severe Obesity Submitted to Pediatric Obesity .2017; Dahl A, Iqbal A, Pittock S, Tebben P, Lteif A, Kumar S.. Association between Mild Elevation in Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Levels and Lipids in Children and Adolescents Submitted to Thyroid Journal.2017; Sarafoglou K, Forlenza GP, Yaw Addo O, Kyllo J, Lteif A, Hindmarsh PC, Petryk A, Gonzalez-Bolanos MT, Miller BS, Thomas W. Obesity in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia in the Minnesota cohort: importance of adjusting body mass index for height-age. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2017 May; 86 (5):708-716 Epub 2017 Mar 28 View PubMed Al Nofal A, Bancos I, Benkhadra K, Ospina NM, Javed A, Kapoor E, Muthusamy K, Brito JP, Turcu AF, Wang Z, Prokop L, Erickson DZ, Lteif AN, Natt N, Murad MH. GLUCOCORTICOID REPLACEMENT REGIMENS IN CHRONIC ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Endocr Pract. 2017 Jan; 23(1):17-31. Epub 2016 Sep 15. View PubMed Gupta N, Zidan M, Moltz K, Adhikari A, Buggs-Saxton C, Zidan H, Abushanab D, Lteif A, Edwin C. Development and Validation of a Pediatric Endocrine Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire: Impact of ac Pediatric Endocrine Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire Intervention Study. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2016 Dec 1; 8 (4):411-418 Epub 2016 June 29 View PubMed Sriram S, Croghan I, Lteif A, Donelan-Dunlap B, Li Z, Kumar S. Relationship between 25(OH)D levels and circulating lipids in African American adolescents. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Oct 1; 29: (10)1165-1172. View PubMed Maccabee-Ryaboy N, Thomas W, Kyllo J, Lteif A, Petryk A, Gonzalez-Bolanos MT, Hindmarsh PC, Sarafoglou K. Hypertension in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2016 Oct; 85 (4):528-34 Epub 2016 May 11 View PubMed Creo AL, Lteif AN. Pituitary gigantism: a retrospective case series. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2016 May 1; 29: (5)597-602. View PubMed Tung J, Anderson B, Cramer CH, Lteif AN, Arndt AS, Moir C, Matsumoto J. Case In Point: Ganglioneuroblastoma. An Atypical Presentation of a Rare Tumor. Consultant for Pediatricians.2016 Feb;15:(2):65-7. Ospina NS, Al Nofal A, Bancos I, Javed A, Benkhadra K, Kapoor E, Lteif AN, Natt N, Murad MH. ACTH Stimulation Tests for the Diagnosis of Adrenal Insufficiency: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Feb; 101 (2):427-34 Epub 2015 Dec 09 View PubMed Javed A, Lteif AN, Kumar S, Simmons PS, Chang AY. Fasting Glucose Changes in Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Compared with Obese Controls: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Dec; 28 (6):451-6 Epub 2015 Jan 07 View PubMed Al Nofal A, Lteif A. Thiazide Diuretics in the Management of Young Children with Central Diabetes Insipidus. J Pediatr. 2015 Sep; 167: (3)658-61. View PubMed Ketha H, Wadams H, Lteif A, Singh RJ. Iatrogenic vitamin D toxicity in an infant--a case report and review of literature. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2015 Apr; 148:14-8. Epub 2015 Jan 27. View PubMed Javed A, Kumar S, Simmons PS, Lteif AN. Phenotypic Characterization of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents Based on Menstrual Irregularity. Horm Res Paediatr. 2015; 84: (4)223-30. View PubMed Javed A, Kashyap R, Lteif AN. Hyperandrogenism in female athletes with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: a distinct phenotype. Int J Womens Health. 2015; 7:103-11 Epub 2015 Jan 13 View PubMed Sarafoglou K, Addo OY, Turcotte L, Otten N, Wickremasinghe A, Pittock S, Kyllo J, Lteif AN, Himes JH, Miller BS. Impact of hydrocortisone on adult height in congenital adrenal hyperplasia-the Minnesota cohort. J Pediatr. 2014 May; 164 (5):1141-1146.e1 Epub 2014 Feb 20 View PubMed Kundel A, Thompson GB, Richards ML, Qiu LX, Cai Y, Schwenk FW, Lteif AN, Pittock ST, Kumar S, Tebben PJ, Hay ID, Grant CS. Pediatric endocrine surgery: a 20-year experience at the Mayo Clinic. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Feb; 99 (2):399-406 Epub 2013 Dec 11 View PubMed Nader N, Weaver A, Eckert S, Lteif A. Effects of fiber supplementation on glycemic excursions and incidence of hypoglycemia in children with type 1 diabetes. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2014; 2014 (1):13 Epub 2014 June 21 View PubMed Javed A, Tebben PJ, Fischer PR, Lteif AN. Female athlete triad and its components: toward improved screening and management. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Sep; 88(9):996-1009. View PubMed Javed A, Lteif A. Development of the human breast. Semin Plast Surg. 2013 Feb; 27 (1):5-12 View PubMed Amini Z, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Lteif A. Bilateral pheochromocytomas in a child who had hemihypertrophy and alteration in the VHL gene. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2013; 26: (3-4)369-72. View PubMed Javed A, Lteif A, Kumar S. Update on treatment strategies for optimization of final adult height in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2012 Nov; 10: (1)164-73. View PubMed Aguirre Castaneda RL, Mack KJ, Lteif A. Successful treatment of type 1 diabetes and seizures with combined ketogenic diet and insulin. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb; 129 (2):e511-4 Epub 2012 Jan 16 View PubMed Stenerson MB, Collura CA, Rose CH, Lteif AN, Carey WA. Bilateral basal ganglia infarctions in a neonate born during maternal diabetic ketoacidosis. Pediatrics. 2011 Sep; 128(3):e707-10. Epub 2011 Aug 01. View PubMed Nader NS, Matsumoto JM, Lteif A. Cystic changes in the ovaries of a pre-pubertal girl with Henoch-Schonlein purpura. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2010 May; 23 (5):517-9 View PubMed Kirmani S, Tebben PJ, Lteif AN, Gordon D, Clarke BL, Hefferan TE, Yaszemski MJ, McGrann PS, Lindor NM, Ellison JW. Germline TGF-beta receptor mutations and skeletal fragility: a report on two patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Apr; 152A (4):1016-9 View PubMed Mitre N, Lteif A. Treatment of familial male-limited precocious puberty (testotoxicosis) with anastrozole and bicalutamide in a boy with a novel mutation in the luteinizing hormone receptor. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Dec; 22 (12):1163-7 View PubMed Gavrilova R, Babovic N, Lteif A, Eidem B, Kirmani S, Olson T, Babovic-Vuksanovic D. Vitamin A deficiency in an infant with PAGOD syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Oct; 149A (10):2241-7 View PubMed Hettinger CA, Cheville JC, Lteif AN, Bradley NA, Kramer SA. Precocious puberty in a 7-year-old boy: a novel case. J Pediatr Urol. 2009 Oct; 5(5):412-4. Epub 2009 Jun 13. View PubMed Sim LA, Homme JH, Lteif AN, Vande Voort JL, Schak KM, Ellingson J. Family functioning and maternal distress in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2009 Sep; 42(6):531-9. View PubMed Atwell TD, Lteif AN, Brown DL, McCann M, Townsend JE, LeRoy AJ. Neonatal thyroid function after administration of IV iodinated contrast agent to 21 pregnant patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jul; 191(1):268-71. View PubMed Domene HM, Scaglia PA, Lteif A, Mahmud FH, Kirmani S, Frystyk J, Bedecarras P, Gutierrez M, Jasper HG. Phenotypic effects of null and haploinsufficiency of acid-labile subunit in a family with two novel IGFALS gene mutations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Nov; 92(11):4444-50. Epub 2007 Aug 28. View PubMed Lindor NM, Jalal SM, Kumar S, Lteif AN. Multiple primary tumors associated with chromosome 9p deletion. Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Jan 1; 143A (1):95-7 View PubMed Sherman J, Thompson GB, Lteif A, Schwenk WF 2nd, van Heerden J, Farley DR, Kumar S, Zimmerman D, Churchward M, Grant CS. Surgical management of Graves disease in childhood and adolescence: an institutional experience. Surgery. 2006 Dec; 140(6):1056-61; discussion 1061-2. Epub 2006 Nov 01. View PubMed Pham TH, Moir C, Thompson GB, Zarroug AE, Hamner CE, Farley D, van Heerden J, Lteif AN, Young WF Jr. Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in children: a review of medical and surgical management at a tertiary care center. Pediatrics. 2006 Sep; 118 (3):1109-17 View PubMed Mahmud FH, Earing MG, Lee RA, Lteif AN, Driscoll DJ, Lerman A. Altered endothelial function in asymptomatic male adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Congenit Heart Dis. 2006 May; 1 (3):98-103 View PubMed Pittock ST, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Lteif A. Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser anomaly and its associated malformations. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Jun 15; 135 (3):314-6 View PubMed Kollars J, Zarroug AE, van Heerden J, Lteif A, Stavlo P, Suarez L, Moir C, Ishitani M, Rodeberg D. Primary hyperparathyroidism in pediatric patients. Pediatrics. 2005 Apr; 115 (4):974-80 View PubMed Mahmud FH, Linglart A, Bastepe M, Juppner H, Lteif AN. Molecular diagnosis of pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib in a family with presumed paroxysmal dyskinesia. Pediatrics. 2005 Feb; 115(2):e242-4. Epub 2005 Jan 03. View PubMed Kumar S, Singh RJ, Reed AM, Lteif AN. Cushing's syndrome after intra-articular and intradermal administration of triamcinolone acetonide in three pediatric patients. Pediatrics. 2004 Jun; 113 (6):1820-4 View PubMed Mahmud FH, Lteif AN, Renaud DL, Reed AM, Brands CK. Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in an adolescent with chronic hallucinations and depression: case report and review. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep; 112 (3 Pt 1):686-90 View PubMed Lteif AN, Schwenk WF, Schwenk WF. Hypoglycemia in infants and children. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1999 Sep; 28 (3):619-46, vii View PubMed Lteif AN, Schwenk WF 2nd. Type 1 diabetes mellitus in early childhood: glycemic control and associated risk of hypoglycemic reactions. Mayo Clin Proc. 1999 Mar; 74 (3):211-6 View PubMed Lteif AN, Schwenk WF, Schwenk WF. Accuracy of pen injectors versus insulin syringes in children with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 1999 Jan; 22 (1):137-40 View PubMed Berbari EF, Jabre J, Lteif AN, Osmon DR, Wilson WR. Demographic characteristics of Lebanese medical graduates in the United States. Lebanese Order of Physicians Journal. 1999; 6:52-60. Lteif AN, Zimmerman D. Bisphosphonates for treatment of childhood hypercalcemia. Pediatrics. 1998 Oct; 102 (4 Pt 1):990-3 View PubMed Lteif AN, Schwenk WF 2nd. Breast milk: revisited. Mayo Clin Proc. 1998 Aug; 73 (8):760-3 View PubMed Zimmerman D, Lteif AN. Thyrotoxicosis in children. 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