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...

The purpose of the study was to study the effectiveness of the Liraglutide (Laraglan 18 mg/3 ml, Parla Pharmaceuticals, Azerbaijan) after 4 weeks of treatment in the obesity children over 12 years of age. For this purpose, 18 children were examined. 11 of those examined were girls (61%), 7 were boys (39%). The average age was 12.4±2.1 years. Initial average weight was 73.1±10.2 kg, BMI 30.6±5.6 kg/m2, height 152.5±12.4 cm. After 1 month, the weight was 71.0±8.4 ...

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...

In recent years, the problem of food consumption among children and adolescents has been rapidly increasing worldwide. The development of obesity in children involves genetic, environmental factors, and lifestyle. One of the main factors in the development of obesity is the necessity to study the correlation between the production of the leptin hormone and the increase in body mass index. It is undeniable that obesity is due to metabolic development. The loss of peptide hormon...