ESPE Abstracts

Background: Close monitoring of growth is vital when following children with achondroplasia yet existing growth curves suffer from a simple chart format and their clinical use is therefore limited. Also, references for body proportions; i.e. sitting height, relative sitting height and arm span, are lacking.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to construct age-specific growth curves for height, weight, BMI, head circumference and body propo...

Objective: It is known that vitamin D has differential roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, neurotransmission and neuroplasticity in nervous system and exerts neurotrophic and neuroprotective effects. In recent studies, it was shown that vitamin D could be protective against in age-related macular degeneration and optic neuritis related to demyelinating disorders. Here, we aimed to perform visual evoked potential (VEP) studies before treatment in patients with rickets...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the values of the mean platelet volume (MPV), a predictor of cardiovascular disease, in paediatric patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), in addition to healthy controls, to determine the risk of cardiovascular disease in these two disorder groups.Material and method: The study included a total of 79 patients aged 3–18 with ADHD (36 pati...

Objective: It is known that vitamin D has differential roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, neurotransmission and neuroplasticity in nervous system and exerts neurotrophic and neuroprotective effects, even different functions of vitamin D has been studied by advocating that vitamin D should be classified as a neurosteroid. It has been long known that vitamin D deficiency, VDR dysfunction, hyperparathyroidism and hypervitaminosis are potential causes for sensorineural ...

Objective: To evaluate thyroid hormones and antibodies, vitamins B12 and D levels, ferritin levels, adrenal and gonadal steroid levels in children diagnosed with ADHD and ASD.Material method: Patients between the ages of 2–18 years followed-up with the diagnosis of ADHD and ASD in the Van region were included in this study. The weights and heights of the patients were recorded and then the blood samples were obtained between 0800 and 0900 h. in the ...