[Molecular genetics in pediatric endocrinology: 35 years of research].

Modern pediatric endocrinology represents the dawn of a new era in diagnosis and treatment, based on scientific research in molecular genetics and the development of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic tools. At the Pediatric Clinic of the En docrinology Research Centre (ERC), later the Institute of Pediatric Endocrinology, molecular genetic research began in 1990 in collaboration with the N.P. Bochkov Research Centre for Medical Genetics and the Institute of Immunology. The ERC's Laboratory of Molecular Genetics has been operational since 2001, conducting research in partnership with foreign clinics and institutions.