Consensus Statements in 2021

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  • Achondroplasia is the most common skeletal dysplasia and is characterized by various lifelong clinical, functional and psychosocial challenges for affected individuals. This first International Consensus Statement on the care of children and adults with achondroplasia aims to facilitate the global standardization and improvement of achondroplasia clinical care.

    • Ravi Savarirayan
    • Penny Ireland
    • Svein Otto Fredwall
    Consensus Statement

  • A growing body of research suggests that prenatal exposure to paracetamol (APAP) might alter development and increase the risk of some reproductive, urogenital and neurodevelopmental disorders. This Consensus Statement calls for precautionary action, including a focused research effort, increasing awareness among health professionals and pregnant women and, whenever possible, minimizing use.

    • Ann Z. Bauer
    • Shanna H. Swan
    • David M. Kristensen
    Consensus StatementOpen Access

  • This Consensus Statement discusses the management of asymptomatic individuals with a germline mutation in one of the succinate dehydrogenase (SDHx) genes (SDHA, SDHB, SDHC and SDHD), which encode the four subunits of the SDH enzyme. These individuals are at increased risk of phaeochromocytoma and/or paraganglioma.

    • Laurence Amar
    • Karel Pacak
    • Charlotte Lussey-Lepoutre
    Consensus StatementOpen Access