ESPE Abstracts

There is an exponential rise on the topic of Gender dysphoria (GD) on the internet, pubmed data, seminars and conferences. However, most of these discussions skewed toward the western populations. GD appears invisible or non -existence in Africa? Recently, GD has been conceptualized as a continuum of a bipolar disorder with varying degrees of dysphoric expression in between the poles. Hence, dimensional measure of assessment which is in keeping with nature’s experiences...

Background: We recently demonstrated that both ritonavir-boosted lopinavir (LPV/r) and lamivudine (3TC, a nucleoside analogue) given to breastfed infants can reduce the risk of post natal HIV transmission (ANRS 12174 trial; Nagot, Lancet 2016). In another setting we previously showed the occurrence of adrenal dysfunction in newborn perinatally exposed to LPV/r leading to acute adrenal insufficiency in premature babies (Simon, JAMA 2011).Objective and hyp...