ESPE Abstracts

Background: Diabetes prevalence is increasing globally, and Azerbaijan is no exception. Poorly controlled diabetes is associated with increased long-term micro-vascular and macro-vascular complication risk, leading to an increased morbidity and mortality.Objective and hypotheses: The purpose of this study was to estimate incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among children aged 0–18 years and to assess growth, glycaemic control, complications, risk fa...

Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as "brittle or glassy bone disease", is a connective tissue disease that occurs as a result of quantitative and qualitative changes in type 1 collagen. The disease is transmitted in an autosomal dominant way and the incidence is 1:20,000.The aim: of the study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and treatment of children diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta in children.<p class=...

Keywords: Human Leukocyte Antigen system, DRB1 allelesDiabetes mellitus is one of the diseases, the genetics of which has been most widely studied. In 40-50 % cases it is connected with Human Leukocyte Antigene system. The major genetic deterninants of this disease are DQ and DR genes "DR3" and "DR4" haplotypes create high risk for diabetes.Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus risk is very high a...