Dr Avril Mason
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing)
Publications
2024
Lim, M. W. S., Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Mason, A., Delles, C. and Connelly, P. J. (2024) Sex differences in the cardiovascular effects of GnRH analogues. Journal of Endocrinology, 261(1), e230309. (doi: 10.1530/JOE-23-0309) (PMID:38265843)
Martin, H. et al. (2024) Reporting of paediatric osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and potential impact on clinical management: The need for standardised and structured reporting. Pediatric Radiology, 54, pp. 117-126. (doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05805-4) (PMID:38072887) (PMCID:PMC10776500)
2023
McCarrison, S., Carr, A., Wong, S. C. and Mason, A. (2023) The prevalence of hypertension in paediatric Turner syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Human Hypertension, 37, pp. 675-688. (doi: 10.1038/s41371-022-00777-8) (PMID:36471031) (PMCID:PMC10403354)
Boncompagni, A., Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Beattie, P., McDevitt, H., Iughetti, L., Constantinou, P., Kinning, E., Ahmed, S. F. and Mason, A. (2023) Progressive osseous heteroplasia: a case report with an unexpected trigger. Bone Reports, 18, 101665. (doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2023.101665) (PMID:36936194) (PMCID:PMC10015177)
2022
McCowan, R., Wild, E., Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Mcneilly, J., Mason, A., Wong, S. C. , Ahmed, S. F. and Shaikh, M. G. (2022) The effect of COVID-19 on the presentation of thyroid disease in children. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, 1014533. (doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1014533) (PMID:36325445) (PMCID:PMC9618596)
Nisbet, M., O'Connor, R. , Mason, A. and Hunter, E. (2022) A qualitative study utilizing interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore disclosure in adolescents with Turner Syndrome. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27(3), pp. 990-1010. (doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12586) (PMID:35156277)
Gilani, M., Shepherd, S., Nichols, B., Gerasimidis, K. , Wong, S. C. and Mason, A. (2022) Evaluation of body composition in paediatric Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 25(1), pp. 81-88. (doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2021.01.012) (PMID:33582031)
2021
McVey, L. C., Fletcher, A. , Murtaza, M., Donaldson, M., Wong, S. C. and Mason, A. (2021) Skeletal disproportion in girls with Turner syndrome and longitudinal change with growth promoting therapy. Clinical Endocrinology, 94(5), pp. 797-803. (doi: 10.1111/cen.14413) (PMID:33410185)
2020
Capaldi, N., Kao, K.T., MacDonald, R., Grainger, K.C., Joseph, S., Shepherd, S., Mason, A. and Wong, S.C. (2020) Feasibility of dual energy x-ray absorptiometry based images for measurement of height, sitting height, and leg length in children. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 23(3), pp. 472-481. (doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2018.06.006) (PMID:30098887)
Ali, S. R., Macqueen, Z., Gardner, M., Xin, Y. , Kyriakou, A., Mason, A., Shaikh, M. G., Wong, S. C. , Sandberg, D. E. and Ahmed, S. F. (2020) Parent-reported outcomes in young children with disorders/differences of sex development. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2020, 3. (doi: 10.1186/s13633-020-0073-x) (PMID:32082389) (PMCID:PMC7020572)
2019
Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Zürbig, P., Mason, A., Kinning, E., Brown, C. E., Mansoorian, B., Mullen, W. , Ahmed, S. F. and Delles, C. (2019) Proteomic evidence of biological aging in a child with a compound heterozygous ZMPSTE24 mutation. Proteomics Clinical Applications, 13(2), 1800135. (doi: 10.1002/prca.201800135) (PMID:30548811) (PMCID:PMC6492098)
2018
Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Mason, E., Beaumont, P., Mason, A., Shaikh, M. G., Wong, S. C. and Ahmed, S. F. (2018) Single-centre experience of testosterone therapy for boys with hypogonadism. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 90(2), pp. 123-127. (doi: 10.1159/000490738) (PMID:30021202)
Shepherd, S., Kyriakou, A., Shaikh, M. G., McDevitt, H., Oakley, C., Thrower, M., Ahmed, S. F. and Mason, A. (2018) Longitudinal changes in bone parameters in young girls with anorexia nervosa. Bone, (doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.03.022) (PMID:29601899)
Mason, A., Gerasimidis, K. , Iljuhhina, J., Laird, S., Munro, J., Gaya, D. R., Russell, R. K. and Ahmed, S. F. (2018) Long-term skeletal disproportion in childhood-onset Crohn’s disease. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 89(2), pp. 132-135. (doi: 10.1159/000485185)
Ouarezki, Y., Cizmecioglu, F. M., Mansour, C., Jones, J. H., Gault, E. J., Mason, A. and Donaldson, M. (2018) Measured parental height in Turner syndrome—a valuable but underused diagnostic tool. European Journal of Pediatrics, 177(2), pp. 171-179. (doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-3045-2) (PMID:29255949)
2017
Jones, J. H., Smith, S., Dorrian, C., Mason, A. and Shaikh, M. G. (2017) Permanent congenital hypothyroidism with blood spot thyroid stimulating hormone <10 mU/L. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103, pp. 65-67. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309564) (PMID:27016213)
Mansour, C., Ouarezki, Y., Jones, J., Fitch, M., Smith, S., Mason, A. and Donaldson, M. (2017) Trends in Scottish newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism 1980-2014: strategies for reducing age at notification after initial and repeat sampling. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(10), pp. 936-941. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312156) (PMID:28600385)
Matthews, D., Bath, L., Högler, W., Mason, A., Smyth, A. and Skae, M. (2017) Hormone supplementation for pubertal induction in girls. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(10), pp. 975-980. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311372) (PMID:28446424)
McVey, L. C., Mason, A., Pollitt, R., Ahmed, S. F. and Kinning, E. (2017) A novel COL1A1 mutation causing a variant of osteogenesis imperfecta. Clinical Dysmorphology, 26(4), pp. 243-246. (doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000201) (PMID:28872564)
Kubba, H., Smyth, A., Wong, S.C. and Mason, A. (2017) Ear health and hearing surveillance in girls and women with Turner's syndrome: recommendations from the Turner's Syndrome Support Society. Clinical Otolaryngology, 42(3), pp. 503-507. (doi: 10.1111/coa.12750) (PMID:27614170)
2016
Kyriakou, A., Shepherd, S., Mason, A. and Ahmed, S. F. (2016) Prevalence of vertebral fractures in children with suspected osteoporosis. Journal of Pediatrics, 179, pp. 219-225. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.075) (PMID:27640353)
Lucaccioni, L., Mcneilly, J., Mason, A., Giacomozzi, C., Kyriakou, A., Shaikh, M. G., Iughetti, L. and Ahmed, S. F. (2016) The measurement of urinary gonadotropins for assessment and management of pubertal disorder. Hormones, 15(3), pp. 377-384. (doi: 10.14310/horm.2002.1690) (PMID:27838606)
Ahmid, M. et al. (2016) An audit of the management of childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency during young adulthood in Scotland. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2016, 6. (doi: 10.1186/s13633-016-0024-8) (PMID:6985190) (PMCID:PMC479349)
Mason, A., Smyth, A. and Wong, S. C. (2016) Cardiovascular assessment in girls and women with Turner syndrome: a survey of current practice in the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101(3), pp. 294-295. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310106) (PMID:26801074)
2015
Kyriakou, A., Shepherd, S., Mason, A. and Ahmed, S. F. (2015) A critical appraisal of vertebral fracture assessment in paediatrics. Bone, 81, pp. 255-259. (doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.07.032) (PMID:26226331)
Lucaccioni, L., Wong, S. C. , Smyth, A., Lyall, H., Dominiczak, A. , Ahmed, S. F. and Mason, A. (2015) Turner syndrome-issues to consider for transition to adulthood. British Medical Bulletin, 113(1), pp. 45-58. (doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldu038) (PMID:25533182)
Mason, A., Malik, S., McMillan, M., Mcneilly, J. D., Bishop, J., McGrogan, P., Russell, R. K. and Ahmed, S. F. (2015) A prospective longitudinal study of growth and pubertal progress in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 83(1), pp. 45-54. (doi: 10.1159/000369457) (PMID:25531796)
Chen, S. C., McDevitt, H., Clement, W. A., Wynne, D. M., Mason, A., Donaldson, M. D.C., Ahmed, S. F. and Shaikh, M. G. (2015) Early identification of pituitary dysfunction in congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis: recommendations based on experience in a single centre. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 83(5), pp. 302-310. (doi: 10.1159/000369805) (PMID:25791686)
2012
Malik, S., Mason, A., Bakhshi, A., Young, D., Bishop, J., Garrick, V., McGrogan, P., Russell, R. K. and Ahmed, S. F. (2012) Growth in children receiving contemporary disease specific therapy for Crohn's disease. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(8), pp. 698-703. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300771) (PMID:22685044)
2010
Mason, A., McNeill, E., Wallace, A., Connell, J.M. and Donaldson, M.D.C. (2010) Sexual precocity in a 4 year old boy. British Medical Journal, 340, c2319. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2319)
Articles
Lim, M. W. S., Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Mason, A., Delles, C. and Connelly, P. J. (2024) Sex differences in the cardiovascular effects of GnRH analogues. Journal of Endocrinology, 261(1), e230309. (doi: 10.1530/JOE-23-0309) (PMID:38265843)
Martin, H. et al. (2024) Reporting of paediatric osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and potential impact on clinical management: The need for standardised and structured reporting. Pediatric Radiology, 54, pp. 117-126. (doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05805-4) (PMID:38072887) (PMCID:PMC10776500)
McCarrison, S., Carr, A., Wong, S. C. and Mason, A. (2023) The prevalence of hypertension in paediatric Turner syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Human Hypertension, 37, pp. 675-688. (doi: 10.1038/s41371-022-00777-8) (PMID:36471031) (PMCID:PMC10403354)
Boncompagni, A., Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Beattie, P., McDevitt, H., Iughetti, L., Constantinou, P., Kinning, E., Ahmed, S. F. and Mason, A. (2023) Progressive osseous heteroplasia: a case report with an unexpected trigger. Bone Reports, 18, 101665. (doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2023.101665) (PMID:36936194) (PMCID:PMC10015177)
McCowan, R., Wild, E., Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Mcneilly, J., Mason, A., Wong, S. C. , Ahmed, S. F. and Shaikh, M. G. (2022) The effect of COVID-19 on the presentation of thyroid disease in children. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, 1014533. (doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1014533) (PMID:36325445) (PMCID:PMC9618596)
Nisbet, M., O'Connor, R. , Mason, A. and Hunter, E. (2022) A qualitative study utilizing interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore disclosure in adolescents with Turner Syndrome. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27(3), pp. 990-1010. (doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12586) (PMID:35156277)
Gilani, M., Shepherd, S., Nichols, B., Gerasimidis, K. , Wong, S. C. and Mason, A. (2022) Evaluation of body composition in paediatric Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 25(1), pp. 81-88. (doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2021.01.012) (PMID:33582031)
McVey, L. C., Fletcher, A. , Murtaza, M., Donaldson, M., Wong, S. C. and Mason, A. (2021) Skeletal disproportion in girls with Turner syndrome and longitudinal change with growth promoting therapy. Clinical Endocrinology, 94(5), pp. 797-803. (doi: 10.1111/cen.14413) (PMID:33410185)
Capaldi, N., Kao, K.T., MacDonald, R., Grainger, K.C., Joseph, S., Shepherd, S., Mason, A. and Wong, S.C. (2020) Feasibility of dual energy x-ray absorptiometry based images for measurement of height, sitting height, and leg length in children. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 23(3), pp. 472-481. (doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2018.06.006) (PMID:30098887)
Ali, S. R., Macqueen, Z., Gardner, M., Xin, Y. , Kyriakou, A., Mason, A., Shaikh, M. G., Wong, S. C. , Sandberg, D. E. and Ahmed, S. F. (2020) Parent-reported outcomes in young children with disorders/differences of sex development. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2020, 3. (doi: 10.1186/s13633-020-0073-x) (PMID:32082389) (PMCID:PMC7020572)
Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Zürbig, P., Mason, A., Kinning, E., Brown, C. E., Mansoorian, B., Mullen, W. , Ahmed, S. F. and Delles, C. (2019) Proteomic evidence of biological aging in a child with a compound heterozygous ZMPSTE24 mutation. Proteomics Clinical Applications, 13(2), 1800135. (doi: 10.1002/prca.201800135) (PMID:30548811) (PMCID:PMC6492098)
Lucas-Herald, A. K. , Mason, E., Beaumont, P., Mason, A., Shaikh, M. G., Wong, S. C. and Ahmed, S. F. (2018) Single-centre experience of testosterone therapy for boys with hypogonadism. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 90(2), pp. 123-127. (doi: 10.1159/000490738) (PMID:30021202)
Shepherd, S., Kyriakou, A., Shaikh, M. G., McDevitt, H., Oakley, C., Thrower, M., Ahmed, S. F. and Mason, A. (2018) Longitudinal changes in bone parameters in young girls with anorexia nervosa. Bone, (doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.03.022) (PMID:29601899)
Mason, A., Gerasimidis, K. , Iljuhhina, J., Laird, S., Munro, J., Gaya, D. R., Russell, R. K. and Ahmed, S. F. (2018) Long-term skeletal disproportion in childhood-onset Crohn’s disease. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 89(2), pp. 132-135. (doi: 10.1159/000485185)
Ouarezki, Y., Cizmecioglu, F. M., Mansour, C., Jones, J. H., Gault, E. J., Mason, A. and Donaldson, M. (2018) Measured parental height in Turner syndrome—a valuable but underused diagnostic tool. European Journal of Pediatrics, 177(2), pp. 171-179. (doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-3045-2) (PMID:29255949)
Jones, J. H., Smith, S., Dorrian, C., Mason, A. and Shaikh, M. G. (2017) Permanent congenital hypothyroidism with blood spot thyroid stimulating hormone <10 mU/L. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103, pp. 65-67. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309564) (PMID:27016213)
Mansour, C., Ouarezki, Y., Jones, J., Fitch, M., Smith, S., Mason, A. and Donaldson, M. (2017) Trends in Scottish newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism 1980-2014: strategies for reducing age at notification after initial and repeat sampling. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(10), pp. 936-941. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312156) (PMID:28600385)
Matthews, D., Bath, L., Högler, W., Mason, A., Smyth, A. and Skae, M. (2017) Hormone supplementation for pubertal induction in girls. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(10), pp. 975-980. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311372) (PMID:28446424)
McVey, L. C., Mason, A., Pollitt, R., Ahmed, S. F. and Kinning, E. (2017) A novel COL1A1 mutation causing a variant of osteogenesis imperfecta. Clinical Dysmorphology, 26(4), pp. 243-246. (doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000201) (PMID:28872564)
Kubba, H., Smyth, A., Wong, S.C. and Mason, A. (2017) Ear health and hearing surveillance in girls and women with Turner's syndrome: recommendations from the Turner's Syndrome Support Society. Clinical Otolaryngology, 42(3), pp. 503-507. (doi: 10.1111/coa.12750) (PMID:27614170)
Kyriakou, A., Shepherd, S., Mason, A. and Ahmed, S. F. (2016) Prevalence of vertebral fractures in children with suspected osteoporosis. Journal of Pediatrics, 179, pp. 219-225. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.075) (PMID:27640353)
Lucaccioni, L., Mcneilly, J., Mason, A., Giacomozzi, C., Kyriakou, A., Shaikh, M. G., Iughetti, L. and Ahmed, S. F. (2016) The measurement of urinary gonadotropins for assessment and management of pubertal disorder. Hormones, 15(3), pp. 377-384. (doi: 10.14310/horm.2002.1690) (PMID:27838606)
Ahmid, M. et al. (2016) An audit of the management of childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency during young adulthood in Scotland. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2016, 6. (doi: 10.1186/s13633-016-0024-8) (PMID:6985190) (PMCID:PMC479349)
Mason, A., Smyth, A. and Wong, S. C. (2016) Cardiovascular assessment in girls and women with Turner syndrome: a survey of current practice in the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101(3), pp. 294-295. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310106) (PMID:26801074)
Kyriakou, A., Shepherd, S., Mason, A. and Ahmed, S. F. (2015) A critical appraisal of vertebral fracture assessment in paediatrics. Bone, 81, pp. 255-259. (doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.07.032) (PMID:26226331)
Lucaccioni, L., Wong, S. C. , Smyth, A., Lyall, H., Dominiczak, A. , Ahmed, S. F. and Mason, A. (2015) Turner syndrome-issues to consider for transition to adulthood. British Medical Bulletin, 113(1), pp. 45-58. (doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldu038) (PMID:25533182)
Mason, A., Malik, S., McMillan, M., Mcneilly, J. D., Bishop, J., McGrogan, P., Russell, R. K. and Ahmed, S. F. (2015) A prospective longitudinal study of growth and pubertal progress in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 83(1), pp. 45-54. (doi: 10.1159/000369457) (PMID:25531796)
Chen, S. C., McDevitt, H., Clement, W. A., Wynne, D. M., Mason, A., Donaldson, M. D.C., Ahmed, S. F. and Shaikh, M. G. (2015) Early identification of pituitary dysfunction in congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis: recommendations based on experience in a single centre. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 83(5), pp. 302-310. (doi: 10.1159/000369805) (PMID:25791686)
Malik, S., Mason, A., Bakhshi, A., Young, D., Bishop, J., Garrick, V., McGrogan, P., Russell, R. K. and Ahmed, S. F. (2012) Growth in children receiving contemporary disease specific therapy for Crohn's disease. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(8), pp. 698-703. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300771) (PMID:22685044)
Mason, A., McNeill, E., Wallace, A., Connell, J.M. and Donaldson, M.D.C. (2010) Sexual precocity in a 4 year old boy. British Medical Journal, 340, c2319. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2319)