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59th Annual ESPE (ESPE 2021 Online)

Online,
22 Sep 2021 - 26 Sep 2021

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The 59th ESPE Annual Meeting will now be held online in September 2021.

Symposia

Novel Therapies in Endocrinology

hrp0094s5.1 | Novel Therapies in Endocrinology | ESPE2021

Novel Therapies in the Treatment of Congenital Hyperinsulinism

De Leon-Crutchlow Diva ,

Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infants and children. In the past 20+ years there have been tremendous advances in the understanding of the molecular genetics of HI, including the discovery of the mechanisms responsible for a focal form of the disease that can cured surgically. However, treatment options for non-focal HI continue to be limited, with only one drug currently approved for this indication. As a result of delay...