ESPE Abstracts

Background: In the absence of a national screening program for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), children are often diagnosed late, when unwell with salt-wasting crisis or hypoglycemic symptoms. In 21-hydroxylase deficient CAH (21OHD-CAH), girls usually present with a disorder of sex development (DSD) and are thus diagnosed earlier than boys who present with salt-wasting.Aim: To investigate the global intelligence of...

Background: 46,XY DSD is a heterogeneous group of pathologies characterized by a wide spectrum of phenotypes and aetiologies. While advances in molecular genetics have permitted discovery of numerous genes implicated in testicular development, the diagnosis still remains uncertain for most patients with 46,XY DSD.Objective: To identify the aetiologies of 46,XY DSD in Algerian patients.Methods: We conducted a multicentre prospective...

Background: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), resulting from mutations in CYP11B1 (gene encoding 11β-hydroxylase), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to an impairment of the last steroidogenesis step. Consequences are a decreased cortisol secretion, elevated plasma levels of ACTH, and accumulation of steroid precursors responsible of hyperandrogenism and hypertension. It is the second most frequent cause of CAH after 21-Hydroxylase de...