ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: There is a growing interest in the relationship between obesity and renal damage. Chronic kidney disease is accepted as an important complication of obesity in adulthood. However, information on association between childhood obesity and renal functions is limited. In this study, It is aimed to investigate the renal functions in obese children and adolescents.Patients and methods: We enrolled 107 obese children and adolescents as a study gro...

Background: Monogenic nonsyndromic obesity is severe, has early-onset with abnormal eating behaviour and endocrine disorders. Leptin(LEP), Leptin receptor (LEPR), and Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene mutations are identidied as the cause of early-onset childhood obesity. These pathogenic mutations are rare and have been described in less than 50 obese individuals worldwide, from consanguinous families.A cohort of Pakistani obese children from consanguineous...

Background: Neonatal screening is a preventive strategy for various endocrine, metabolic and genetic conditions. Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common preventable and treatable causes of intellectual disability, and delayed diagnosis can lead to disastrous consequences. Incidence of CH is1:3000-1:4000 neonates worldwide but data varies globally. Pakistan lacks a national newborn screening programme for any inherited disease, but Aga Khan Uni...

Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas are benign midline intracranial tumors commonly seen in pediatric population. They constitute approximately 10% of primary brain tumors in children which can cause considerable morbidity and mortality due to local aggressiveness of tumor itself or its treatment effecting hypothalamo-pituitary axis, visual defects, and effects of raised intracranial pressure The aim of this study is to report the characteristics of epidemiologic...

Introduction: Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) suffer from this disorder from birth and they have abnormally high cholesterol levels due to a disease that has autosomal dominant inheritance of genetic aberrations in the coding region for low density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR) in more than 90% of cases, other gene defect includes mutations in apolipoprotein B100 (apoB100) and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK...

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of weight-based threshold levels for 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) in screening newborns for 21 hydroxylases deficiency-congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)Design: In April 2021 CAH screening was incorporated into the ongoing newborn screening program at aga khan university Hospital Karachi Pakistan,17OHp was assayed through Spectro fluorometry of ...

Background: Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by progressive ataxia with limb muscle weakness, absent lower limb reflexes, extensor plantar responses, dysarthria, decreased vibratory sense and proprioception. The most common molecular abnormality is a GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion in intron 1 of the frataxin (FXN) gene. Patients with FA are at risk of getting increased blood sugar levels, or ...

Background: Heterozygous de novo variants in SAMD9 cause the complex multisystem growth disorder, MIRAGE syndrome. Core features are myelodysplasia, infection, restricted growth, adrenal hypoplasia, genital/gonadal phenotypes, and enteropathy. However, the range of additional associations is expanding and includes disrupted placental development, poor post-natal growth, and other endocrine features. Milder phenotypes are also described, such ...

Introduction: The association between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and celiac disease (CD) has been described by many authors in both children and adults. The link between these two pathologies was identified more than 30 years ago, especially by pediatricians. The aim of this work was to study the clinical, biological, and evolutionary features of CD in diabetic children compared to a control group of non-celiac diabetic children.Patie...

Mineralization defects and paradoxical mineralizing enthesopathies are hallmarks of X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH), a rare skeletal disease caused by inactivating mutations in the PHEX gene (Phosphate-regulating endopeptidase homolog, X-linked). The current medical treatment, which consist in oral phosphorus supplementation and active vitamin D analogues, aimed at counteracting consequences of FGF23 excess and is commonly prescribed from early childhood to the end of...