Frontiers of Hormone Research

Research Hotspot & Journal Scope - Disorders

Neuroimaging-based personalized medicine is emerging to characterize brain disorders and their evolution at the patient level.

The phakomatoses, encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis (ETA; Sturge‐Weber Syndrome), neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1 or von Recklinghausen disease), Von Hippel‐Lindau (VHL) disease, tuberous sclerosis (TSC), oculodermal melanocytosis (ODM), and phakomatosis pigmentovascularis are a group of neurocutaneous disorders that have characteristic systemic and ocular manifestations.

Thus, it has gained interest as a potential therapy for neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.

Many patients also have an increased risk of cardiometabolic disorders and psychological distress which are features that overlap with those of a prolonged hypercortisolistic state.

DISCUSSION CBT-ED merits consideration as a second-line approach for adolescents with eating disorders when FBT has not been effective or could not be applied.