ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Childhood obesity constitutes one of the most serious public health concerns currently since its prevalence is increased rapidly worldwide and triggers raised morbidity and mortality in childhood and adulthood.Objective and hypotheses: The present study is a prospective cohort survey which aim is to find risk factors of children and their parents’ denial to compliant to the directions of a pediatric endocrinology medical office.<p ...

Introduction: The epidemic of childhood obesity has emerged as one of the most serious public health issues since this disease leads to multiple disorders in many systems of the human body and decreases the quality of life and the life expectancy. Plenty of studies have searched for risk factors which cause pediatric obesity and precocious markers of comorbidities which follow obesity.Objective and hypotheses: This study is a cross-sectional and retrospe...

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant multisystemic neurocutaneous disorder characterized by an increased risk of benign and malignant tumor formation (neurofibromas, glioma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor). The incidence has been described to be around 1 in 2,500–3,500 live births, and the estimated prevalence is 1 in 4,000–5,000. Although it was first described by von Recklinghausen in 1882, the formal diagnostic criteria were pub...

Background: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most common thyroid disorder in the pediatric population.Objective and Hypotheses: The aim of the present study was to observe clinical manifestations, clinical course and long term outcomes of HT in children and adolescents.Method: A total of 110 children and adolescents who presented to our center from 2008–2015, were evaluated retrospectively. Age and gender of the patien...

Background: Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (fT4) levels in children with obesity vary from normal to elevated. Thyroid hormones influence body weight, heart rate, serum lipids as well as carbonhydrates metabolism.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of current study is to determine the relation between thyroid function in obese and overweight children and clinical-laboratory parameters which have been associated with i...