Professor Paul Dimitri

Journal articles

• Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas J, Abbas K, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abbott A , Abdallah N et al (2022) Baricitinib in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY) : a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial and updated meta-analysis. The Lancet, 400(10349), 359-368.
• Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N, Abdelaziz A, Abdelfattah M , Abdelqader B et al (2022) Casirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet, 399(10325), 665-676. View this article in WRRO
• RECOVERY Collaborative Group T (2022) Aspirin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet, 399(10320), 143-151. View this article in WRRO
• Cheetham TD, Cole M, Abinun M, Allahabadia A, Barratt T, Davies JH, Dimitri P, Drake A, Mohamed Z, Murray RD , Steele CA et al (2022) Adjuvant Rituximab—Exploratory Trial in Young People With Graves Disease. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 107(3), 743-754.
• van Geest FS, Groeneweg S, van den Akker ELT, Bacos I, Barca D, van den Berg SAA, Bertini E, Brunner D, Brunetti-Pierri N, Cappa M , Cappuccio G et al (2021) Long-term efficacy of T3 analogue Triac in children and adults with MCT8 deficiency: a real-life retrospective cohort study.. J Clin Endocrinol Metab.
• Phelan I, Furness PJ, Dunn HD, Carrion-Plaza A, Matsangidou M, Dimitri P & Lindley S (2021) Immersive virtual reality in children with upper limb injuries: Findings from a feasibility study. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 14(3), 401-414.
• Shalof H, Dimitri P, Shuweihdi F & Offiah AC (2021) “Which skeletal imaging modality is best for assessing bone health in children and young adults compared to DXA? A systematic review and meta-analysis”. Bone, 150. View this article in WRRO
• Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N, Abdelaziz A, Abdelfattah M , Abdelqader B et al (2021) Convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet, 397(10289), 2049-2059. View this article in WRRO
• Dimitri P, Fernandez-Luque L, Banerjee I, Bergadá I, Calliari LE, Dahlgren J, de Arriba A, Lapatto R, Reinehr T, Senniappan S , Thomas-Teinturier C et al (2021) An eHealth Framework for Managing Pediatric Growth Disorders and Growth Hormone Therapy.. J Med Internet Res, 23(5), e27446.
• Littler BKM, Alessa T, Dimitri P, Smith C & de Witte L (2021) Reducing negative emotions in children using social robots : systematic review. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(11), 1095-1101. View this article in WRRO
• Devaraja J, Sloan S, Lee V & Dimitri P (2021) Arginine-vasopressin infusion in a child with cranial diabetes insipidus during hyperhydration therapy with chemotherapy: a therapeutic challenge. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2021.
• Abaleke E, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbott A, Abdelaziz A, Abdelbadiee S, Abdelfattah M, Abdul B, Abdul Rasheed A, Abdul-Kadir R , Abdulmumeen A et al (2021) Azithromycin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet, 397(10274), 605-612. View this article in WRRO
• Phelan I, Furness PJ, Matsangidou M, Carrion-Plaza A, Dunn H, Dimitri P & Lindley SA (2021) Playing your pain away: designing a virtual reality physical therapy for children with upper limb motor impairment. Virtual Reality.
• Devaraja J, Jacques R, Paggiosi M, Clark C & Dimitri P (2020) Impact of Type 1 diabetes mellitus on skeletal integrity and strength in adolescents as assessed by HRpQCT. JBMR Plus. View this article in WRRO
• Groeneweg S, van Geest FS, Abacı A, Alcantud A, Ambegaonkar GP, Armour CM, Bakhtiani P, Barca D, Bertini ES, van Beynum IM , Brunetti-Pierri N et al (2020) Disease characteristics of MCT8 deficiency : an international, retrospective, multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 8(7), 594-605.
• Marques P, Caimari F, Hernández-Ramírez LC, Collier D, Iacovazzo D, Ronaldson A, Magid K, Lim CT, Stals K, Ellard S , Grossman AB et al (2020) Significant benefits of AIP testing and clinical screening in familial isolated and young-onset pituitary tumors. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 105(6). View this article in WRRO
• Blower S, Swallow V, Maturana C, Stones S, Phillips B, Dimitri P, Marshman Z, Knapp P, Dean A, Higgins S , Kellar I et al (2020) Children and young people’s concerns and needs relating to their use of health technology to self-manage long-term conditions: a scoping review. Archives of Disease in Childhood. View this article in WRRO
• Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Doshi AB, Smith K, Christian M, Mushtaq T, Banerjee I, Padidela R, Ramakrishnan R, Owen C, Cheetham T & Dimitri P (2019) Phenotypic diversity and correlation with the genotypes of pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 32(9), 959-967.
• Dimitri P (2019) The impact of childhood obesity on skeletal health and development. Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 28(1), 4-17. View this article in WRRO
• Cole M, Hynes AM, Howel D, Hall L, Abinun M, Allahabadia A, Barrett T, Boelaert K, Drake AJ, Dimitri P , Kirk J et al (2019) Adjuvant rituximab, a potential treatment for the young patient with Graves’ hyperthyroidism (RiGD): study protocol for a single-arm, single-stage, phase II trial. BMJ Open, 9(1), e024705-e024705.
• Dimitri P (2019) Child health technology: shaping the future of paediatrics and child health and improving NHS productivity. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(2), 184-188.
• Culpin E, Crank M, Igra M, Connolly DJA, Dimitri P, Mirza S & Sinha S (2018) Pituitary tumour apoplexy within prolactinomas in children: a more aggressive condition?. Pituitary, 21(5), 474-479.
• Dimitri P (2018) Fat and bone in children – where are we now?. Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 23(2), 62-69. View this article in WRRO
• Fane De Salis A, Saatchi R & Dimitri P (2018) Evaluation of high resolution thermal imaging to determine the effect of vertebral fractures on associated skin surface temperature in children with osteogenesis imperfecta. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 56(9), 1633-1643.
• Downing J, Gleeson H, Clayton PE, Davis JRE, Dimitri P, Wales J, Young B & Callery P (2017) Communication with young people in paediatric and adult endocrine consultations: an intervention development and feasibility study. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 17(1).
• Farr JN & Dimitri P (2017) The impact of fat and obesity on bone microarchitecture and strength in children. Calcified Tissue International, 100(5), 500-513. View this article in WRRO
• Buonocore F, Kühnen P, Suntharalingham JP, Del Valle I, Digweed M, Stachelscheid H, Khajavi N, Didi M, Brady AF, Blankenstein O , Procter AM et al (2017) Somatic mutations and progressive monosomy modify SAMD9-related phenotypes in humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 127(5), 1700-1713. View this article in WRRO
• Dimitri P & Rosen C (2017) Fat and Bone: Where are We Now?. Calcified Tissue International, 100(5), 431-432.
• Elder CJ & Dimitri PJ (2017) Diabetes insipidus and the use of desmopressin in hospitalised children.. ADC Education & Practice. View this article in WRRO
• Dimitri P (2017) The role of GLIS3 in thyroid disease as part of a multisystem disorder. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 31(2), 175-182.
• Dimitri P & Rosen C (2017) The Central Nervous System and Bone Metabolism: An Evolving Story. Calcified Tissue International, 100(5), 476-485.
• Nobles J, Radley D, Dimitri P & Sharman K (2016) Psychosocial Interventions in the Treatment of Severe Adolescent Obesity: The SHINE Program. Journal of Adolescent Health, 59(5), 523-529.
• Dimitri P, De Franco E, Habeb AM, Gurbuz F, Moussa K, Taha D, Wales JKH, Hogue J, Slavotinek A, Shetty A & Balasubramanian M (2016) An emerging, recognizable facial phenotype in association with mutations in GLI-similar 3 ( GLIS3 ). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 170(7), 1918-1923. View this article in WRRO
• Lekadir K, Hoogendoorn C, Armitage P, Whitby E, King D, Dimitri P & Frangi AF (2016) Estimation of trabecular bone parameters in children from multisequence MRI using texture-based regression. Medical Physics, 43(6), 3071-3079. View this article in WRRO
• Elder CJ & Dimitri P (2015) Hydrocortisone for adrenal insufficiency. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, 100(5), 272-276. View this article in WRRO
• Dimitri P, Habeb AM, Garbuz F, Millward A, Wallis S, Moussa K, Akcay T, Taha D, Hogue J, Slavotinek A , Wales JKH et al (2015) Expanding the Clinical Spectrum Associated WithGLIS3Mutations. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 100(10), E1362-E1369.
• Dimitri P, Jacques RM, Paggiosi M, King D, Walsh J, Taylor ZA, Frangi AF, Bishop N & Eastell R (2015) Leptin May Play a Role in Bone Microstructural Alterations in Obese Children. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 100(2), 594-602. View this article in WRRO
• Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Bagga V, Wharton SB, Connolly DJ, Sinha S & Dimitri PJ (2015) Xanthogranulomatous hypophysitis: a rare and often mistaken pituitary lesion. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2015. View this article in WRRO
• Bishop N, Arundel P, Clark E, Dimitri P, Farr J, Jones G, Makitie O, Munns CF & Shaw N (2014) Fracture Prediction and the Definition of Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents: The ISCD 2013 Pediatric Official Positions. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 17(2), 275-280.
• Elder CJ, Somerset LM, Ram V, Wright NP, Wales JK & Dimitri PJ (2014) Letter in response to Chitaleet al.: determining the utility of the 60-minute cortisol measurement in the short synacthen test. Clinical Endocrinology, 80(6), 925-925. View this article in WRRO
• Kendall D, Vail A, Amin R, Barrett T, Dimitri P, Ivison F, Kibirige M, Mathew V, Matyka K, McGovern A , Stirling H et al (2013) Metformin in Obese Children and Adolescents: The MOCA Trial. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 98(1), 322-329.
• Dimitri P & Petkar R (2012) Eating for two. Biologist, 59(5), 36-39.
• Dimitri P, Bishop N, Walsh JS & Eastell R (2012) Obesity is a risk factor for fracture in children but is protective against fracture in adults: a paradox.. Bone, 50(2), 457-466.
• Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop N (2011) Adipokines, bone-derived factors and bone turnover in obese children; evidence for altered fat-bone signalling resulting in reduced bone mass.. Bone, 48(2), 189-196.
• Dimitri P, Warner JT, Minton JAL, Patch AM, Ellard S, Hattersley AT, Barr S, Hawkes D, Wales JK & Gregory JW (2011) Novel GLIS3 mutations demonstrate an extended multisystem phenotype.. Eur J Endocrinol, 164(3), 437-443.
• Loftus J, Heatley R, Walsh C & Dimitri P (2010) Systematic Review of the Clinical Effectiveness of Genotropin (Somatropin) in Children with Short Stature. J PEDIATR ENDOCR MET, 23(6), 535-551.
• Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop N (2010) Fat and Bone in Children: Differential Effects of Obesity on Bone Size and Mass According to Fracture History. J BONE MINER RES, 25(3), 527-536.
• Dimitri P, Warner JT, Minton JAL, Ellard S, Hattersley AT, Barr SM, Hawkes DJ, Wales JK & Gregory JW (2009) Novel GLIS3 mutations in two patients with resistant hypothyroidism, neonatal diabetes, hepatitis, renal cystic dysplasia, osteopenia and pancreatic exocrine dysfunction. HORM RES, 72, 35-35.
• Porter JR, Kirk J, Dimitri P & UK KIGS Board (2009) Growth hormone in Turners syndrome: a comparison of two decades of treatment. HORM RES, 72, 465-465.
• Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop NJ (2009) Adipokines may modify osteoblast Wnt signalling through Dickkopf-1, and promote osteoclastogenesis by altering RANK-ligand and osteoprotegerin signalling in obese children. HORM RES, 72, 220-221.
• Dimitri P & Bishop N (2007) Rickets. Paediatrics and Child Health, 17(7), 279-287.
• Dimitri P & Bishop N (2007) Rickets: New insights into a re-emerging problem. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, 18(5), 486-493.
• Dimitri P, Cohen M & Wright N (2006) Indications for familial screening and gonadectomy in patients with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis.. Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 95(2), 167-168.
• Dimitri P, Spratt D, Pickering M, Wales J & Wright N (2006) The accuracy of TW2 skeletal assessment in predicting final adult height in children with malignancy and haernoglobinopathies. HORM RES, 65, 166-167.
• Dimitri P, Davidson F & Wright N (2006) Changing rooms: time for a makeover.. Arch Dis Child, 91(2), 177.
• Dimitri P, Wales J, Jenkins A, Urquhart T & Davies H (2006) Central diabetes mellitus and adipsic central diabetes insipidus secondary to a hypothalamic germinoma. HORM RES, 65, 76-76.
• Court RJ, Swallow V, El-Yousfi S, Gray-Burrows K, Sotir F, Wheeler G, Kellar I, Lee JM, Mitchell R, Mlynarczyk W , Ramavath A et al () Children and young people’s preferences and needs when using health technology to self-manage a long-term condition: a scoping review. Archives of Disease in Childhood.
• Labarta JI, Dimitri P, Keiser M, Koledova E & Rivera-Romero O () Evaluating the Usefulness and Ease of Use of a Next-Generation–Connected Drug Delivery Device for Growth Hormone Therapy: Qualitative Study of Health Care Professionals’ Perceptions. JMIR Human Factors, 10, e46893-e46893.
• Dimitri P () Precision Diagnostics in Children. Cambridge Prisms: Precision Medicine, 1-31.
• Phelan I, Carrion-Plaza A, Furness PJ & Dimitri P () Home-based immersive virtual reality physical rehabilitation in paediatric patients for upper limb motor impairment: a feasibility study. Virtual Reality.
• Wheeler G, Mills N, Ankeny U, Howsley P, Bartlett C, Elphick H & Dimitri P () Meaningful involvement of children and young people in health technology development. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 1-10.
• Mills N, Howsley P, Bartlett CM, Olubajo L & Dimitri P () Overcoming challenges to develop technology for child health. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 1-11.
• Olubajo L, Dimitri P, Johnston A & Owens M () Managing interorganisational collaborations to develop medical technologies: the contribution of interpersonal relationships. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 1-15.
• Dimitri P () Treatment of Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity: Now and the Future. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13.
• Dimitri P, Pignataro V, Lupo M, Bonifazi D, Henke M, Musazzi UM, Ernst F, Minghetti P, Redaelli DF, Antimisiaris SG , Migliaccio G et al () Medical Device Development for Children and Young People—Reviewing the Challenges and Opportunities. Pharmaceutics, 13(12), 2178-2178.
• Dimitri P, Joshi K & Jones N () Moving more: physical activity and its positive effects on long term conditions in children and young people. Archives of Disease in Childhood.
• Dimitri P, Lekadir K, Hoogendoorn C, Armitage P, Whitby E, King D & Frangi A () Feature-based recognition of trabecular microstructure using 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging: a new methodology. Bone Abstracts.
• Wright RJ, Chapman S, Cheer K, Besser REJ, Steele CA, Sankar S, Dimitri P, Winocour P, Gleeson H & Adolescent Special Interest Group OBOTYAA () Training needs in adolescent and young adult health and transition in UK paediatric and adult higher specialist trainees in endocrinology and diabetes. British Journal of Diabetes, 15(4), 159-159.
• Dimitri P, Paggiosi M, King D, Bishop N & Eastell R () Leptin is associated with bone microstructural changes in obese children. Endocrine Abstracts.
• Dimitri P, Lekadir K, Whitby E, Armitage P, Hoogendoorn C & Franji A () Statistical prediction of HRpQCT microstructural trabecular parameters using 1.5T skeletal MRI. Endocrine Abstracts.
• Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Bagga V, Wharton SB, Connolly DJ, Sinha S & Dimitri P () Variable presentation of xanthogranulomatous hypophysitis: a case series. Endocrine Abstracts.
• Milne-Ives M, Neill S, Bayes N, Blair M, Blewitt J, Bray L, Carrol ED, Carter B, Dawson R, Dimitri P , Lakhanpaul M et al () Impact of Digital Educational Interventions to Support Parents Caring for Acutely Ill Children at Home and Factors That Affect Their Use: Protocol for a Systematic Review (Preprint).
• Milne-Ives M, Neill S, Bayes N, Blair M, Blewitt J, Bray L, Carrol ED, Carter B, Dawson R, Dimitri P , Lakhanpaul M et al () Impact of Digital Educational Interventions to Support Parents Caring for Acutely Ill Children at Home and Factors That Affect Their Use: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(6), e27504-e27504.
• Fennimore DJ, Digby M, Paggiosi M, Arundel P, Bishop NJ, Dimitri P & Offiah AC () High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children with osteogenesis imperfecta. Pediatric Radiology. View this article in WRRO
• Dimitri P, Fernandez-Luque L, Banerjee I, Bergadá I, Calliari LE, Dahlgren J, de Arriba A, Lapatto R, Reinehr T, Senniappan S , Thomas-Teinturier C et al () An eHealth Framework for Managing Pediatric Growth Disorders and Growth Hormone Therapy (Preprint).
• Dicks P, Schwarze J & Dimitri P () Impact of clinical and patient pathway changes on paediatric research during the national COVID-19 response. Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Chapters

• Dimitri P & Arundel P (2014) Osteoporosis in children and adolescents, Osteoporosis (pp. 133-138). Oxford University Press
• Abhyankar A, Agrawal S, Allen SJ, Ani C, Bishop J, Booth I, Boyle RJ, Brodlie M, Chakravorty S, Clarke AJ , Clayden G et al (2012) Contributors, Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics (pp. xi-xiv). Elsevier

Conference proceedings papers

• Aji A, Colyer S, Burn S, Dimitri P, Wright N, Krone N & Elder C (2018) The relationship of baseline, incremental and peak cortisol following a Short Synacthen Test - single-centre analysis of three years' data. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, Vol. 90(Suppl 1) (pp 128-129), 27 September 2018 - 29 September 2018. View this article in WRRO
• Burn S, Colyer S, Dimitri P, Wright N, Krone N & Elder C (2018) Borderline peak plasma cortisol following Synacthen stimulation - single-centre analysis of three years' data. Endocrine Abstracts, Vol. 90(S1) (pp 146-146), 27 September 2018 - 29 September 2018. View this article in WRRO
• Buonocore F, Kuehnen P, Suntharalingham JP, Del Valle I, Digweed M, Stachelscheid H, Khajavi N, Didi M, Brady AF, Blankenstein O , Procter AM et al (2017) Deleterious growth restricting effects of human SAMD9 mutations are rescued by dynamic genomic changes. GENETICS RESEARCH, Vol. 99
• Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Doshi A, Martin C, Mushtaq T, Banerjee I, Padidela R, Ramakrishnan R, Owen C, Cheetham T, Smith K & Dimitri P (2017) A REVIEW OF GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE PRESENTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM TYPE 1 FOLLOWING THE IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL MUTATIONS. HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS, Vol. 88 (pp 56-56)
• Buonocore F, Kuehnen P, Suntharalingham J, McKee S, Didi M, Brady A, Proctor A, Ghirri P, Dimitri P, Blankenstein O , Knoebl D et al (2016) A Novel Syndrome of IUGR, Congenital Adrenal and Gonadal Insufficiency, Severe Infections, Thrombocytopenia and Monosomy 7 is Caused by SAMD9 Mutations. HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS, Vol. 86 (pp 30-30)
• Sachdev P, Reece L, Copeland R, Thomson M, Wales J, Jacques R, Dimitri P & Wright N (2016) Development of Skeletal Microarchitecture and Biomechanics Over 2 Years Following 6 Month Intragastric Balloon Insertion in Obese Adolescents. HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS, Vol. 86 (pp 522-523)
• Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop N (2009) Osteoprotegerin may be a key determinant of low total body and regional bone mass in obese children. BONE, Vol. 45 (pp S71-S71)
• Arundel P, Blades Z, Carlino W, Dimitri PJ, Harrison R, Crook J & Bishop NJ (2009) Relationship between COL1A1 Sp1 and COL1A2 PvuII SNPs and fractures in childhood. BONE, Vol. 45 (pp S53-S53)
• Gossiel F, Hannon RA, Bishop NJ, Dimitri P & Eastell R (2008) The Relationship of Urinary Excretion of C-Telopeptides to Growth in Children. JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, Vol. 23 (pp S110-S110)
• Dimitri PJ, Arundel P, Wales JKW & Bishop NJ (2008) Fat children, thin bones. Bone, Vol. 42 (pp S48-S49)
• Dimitri P, Crook J & Bishop N (2007) Changes in body composition following 3 years of pamidronate therapy in osteogenesis imperfecta. BONE, Vol. 40(6) (pp S39-S40)
• Devaraja J, Dimitri P, Paggiosi M, Clark C, Jacques R & Bishop N () Impact of type 1 diabetes mellitus on skeletal integrity and strength in adolescents aged 12 to 16 years; as assessed by High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HRpQCT). Bone Abstracts
• Aji A, Colyer S, Burn S, Dimitri P, Wright N, Krone N & Elder C () The relationship of baseline, incremental and peak cortisol following a Short Synacthen Test - single-centre analysis of three years' data. Endocrine Abstracts
• Sachdev P, Reece L, Thomson M, Copeland R, Wales J, Dimitri P & Wright N () The impact of intragastric balloon placement suppported by a lifestyle intervention programme on cortical and trabecular microstructure and strength in severely obese adolescents. Endocrine Abstracts
• Gopal KJS, Sritharan S, Jacques R, Bishop N & Dimitri P () Increase in lean mass may augment gains in bone mass and size in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta treated with bisphosphonates. Endocrine Abstracts

Preprints

• Labarta JI, Dimitri P, Keiser M, Koledova E & Rivera-Romero O (2023) Evaluating the Usefulness and Ease of Use of a Next-Generation–Connected Drug Delivery Device for Growth Hormone Therapy: Qualitative Study of Health Care Professionals’ Perceptions (Preprint), JMIR Publications Inc..