ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Familial glucocorticoid deficiency (FGD) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by ACTH-resistant isolated cortisol deficiency. FGD usually presents with hypoglycemia, convulsions, prolonged jaundice, and marked skin hyperpigmentation in the early period of life. Several defects in MC2R, MRAP, MCM4, NNT, and TXNRD2 genes are related to FGD. In all these situations, plasma ACTH is high. By contrast, all reported cases of glucocorticoi...

Objectives: Among adverse effects of GH, a particular attention should be given to glucose homeostasis. The aim of the study was evaluate the effect of GH therapy on glucose homeostasis in children with GHD after 10 years of treatment.Methods: 30 patients (8 M/22 F, age 7.00 ± 2.61 years) with GHD at diagnosis and 30 healthy children comparable to patients for age, sex and BMI were enrolled. Glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR ...