ESPE Abstracts

Background: An accurate prediction of final height after the first year of growth hormone (GH) treatment may help clinicians to give parents and children more realistic expectations.Objective and hypotheses: To validate two prediction models (with and without max. GH peak) for near final adult height (nFAH) by Ranke et al.Method: Height data of 142 (93 male) idiopathic GH deficient (iGHD) children, treated with GH for at l...

Background: Current guidelines recommend the priming with low-dose testosterone in prepubertal boys prior to growth hormone stimulation tests. To our knowledge, only few adverse events after low-dose testosterone have been described so far.Objective and hypotheses: To assess possible side effects of testosterone priming.Patients: We studied 188 prepubertal boys aged between 10 and 15 years (mean ± S.D.: 11.4&#17...

Background: In contrast to monogenic diseases, contiguous gene syndrome (CGS) describes a clinical phenotype caused by a deletion or duplication of several neighbouring genes. Angelman or Williams-Beuren syndrome are examples demonstrating that deletion of several adjacent genes causes a complex clinical syndrome. However, CGS are very rare events in pediatric endocrinology, and require knowledge of clinical associations pointing towards specific potentially affected genes in ...

Background: Prolactinomas are rare in the prepubertal and adolescent age group. Therapeutic approaches are guided by experience from treating adults. Few series have been reported.Objective: Retrospective analysis of presenting features, treatment and outcomes in young patients presenting to a Tertiary Endocrine Service (total referral population ~3.5 million) managed jointly between Paediatric and Adult Endocrine and Neurosurgical services.<p class=...

Background: Pfizer International Growth Database (KIGS) contains data of Turner syndrome (TS; N=7378) or Noonan syndrome (NS; N=613, female=224; male=389) patients who were treated with rhGH.Objective: To compare the effect of rhGH on near adult height (NAH) in TS and NS patients. We hypothesized a similar outcome in both diagnoses. Determinants of the treatment outcome in NS patients were also assessed.Patients a...

Background: Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a heterogeneous condition characterized by intrauterine growth restriction, relative macrocephaly at birth, postnatal growth retardation, body asymmetry, feeding difficulties/ low body mass index and dysmorphic craniofacial features. SRS is caused by DNA hypomethylation at the H19/IGF2-imprinting control region (ICR1) on chromosome 11p15 or maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7 (mUPD7) in approximately 50% and 10%, respectivel...

Background: The natural evolution of euthyroid Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) varies among children and treatment in children with HT and normal/mild elevated serum TSH is controversial.Objective and hypotheses: The aim was to study the natural course of HT in children and evaluate predictive factors of thyroid functionMethod: We evaluated data from 87 children retrospectively (63 girls, 24 boys), mean age 10.6±3.2yrs, with HT [an...

Background: Upon excessive expansion, adipose tissue is infiltrated by macrophages and shows increased production of inflammatory cytokines. This chronic low grade inflammation of adipose tissue is involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. A supplementation with resveratrol can reverse the metabolic disturbances of human obesity, in part by mimicking the effects of caloric restriction.Objective and Hypotheses: We hypothesized that the beneficia...

Background: Vitamin D and/or calcium deficiency are very common in many areas worldwide, causing nutritional rickets, osteomalacia, hypocalcaemic seizures, cardiomyopathy, and muscle weakness. Nutritional rickets is defined as impaired mineralization at the growth plate. Untreated rickets leads to bone deformity, disability, obstructed labor, and reduced quality of life. The prevalence of nutritional rickets is increasing globally.Objective and methods: ...

Background: Reports on obesity, high blood pressure and reduced insulin sensitivity in children with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) indicate an increased cardiovascular risk.Objective and Hypotheses: To evaluate potential mechanisms, we analysed various parameters of the carbohydrate metabolism in children and adolescents with CAH.Method: Out of 86 patients with classical CAH, n=41 (21 m, 20 f; ages: 6.9&#1...