ESPE Abstracts

Cushing syndrome (CS) is a rare disease in children associated with weight gain and stunting of their linear growth. In older children, pituitary adenomas are a more common cause of CS. The clinical presentation of CS varies in children such as truncal obesity, striae, facial plethora, hypertension, and PKOS-like (polycystic ovary syndrome) feature. Here in we report an adolescent presented with obesity, short stature and late puberty but without metabolic syndrome or hirsutis...

The CYP27B1 gene encodes 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase. Mutations of this gene cause vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1A (VDDR-IA, OMIM 264700), which is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. Herein we report five patients with 1α-hydroxylase deficiencies. We studied six patients from three families who diagnosed as 1α-hydroxylase deficiency clinically. All patients had hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hyperphosphatasemia, elevated serum PTH, normal or high v...

Hypophosphatasia is a rare disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding tissue- nonspecific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase. Duplications of the ALPL gene account for fewer than 1% of the mutations causing HPP. It has been shown that asfotase alfa treatment mineralizes the skeleton and improves respiratory function and survival in severe forms of hypophosphatasia.The newborn was evaluated for respiratory failure and generalized hypoton...