ESPE Abstracts

Background: Vaginal agenesis (VA) in MRKH syndrome can be managed either by surgery or autodilatations.Objective and hypotheses: To compare different managements of MRKH-VA in terms of quality of life, sexual function, anatomical results and complications.Method: National Multicentric observationnal study including 130 patients older than 18, at least one year after completing VA management, from October 2012 to April 2015. 84 had ...

Background: Few studies have addressed the question of psychological impact and long term outcomes in MRKH patients.Objective and hypotheses: Our national multi-centric study aimed to assess MRKH patients’ experience concerning diagnostic announcement, treatment perception, impact on psychic functioning, socio-professional integration, affective and sexual life and quality of life.Method: First 40 MRKH patients aged 19–34...

Background: Early-life risk factors of childhood obesity include maternal obesity; smoking, diabetes and high weight gain during pregnancy for the mother; short duration of breastfeeding and poor quality of early feeding in the infants. Perinatal life thus may be a good period for primary prevention.Objective and hypotheses: We aimed to evaluate whether perinatal education of overweight pregnant women would reduce childhood overweight.<p class="abste...

Background: SHOX and enhancer regions on PAR1 disorders have variable phenotypic consequences such as idiopathic short stature (ISS) and Leri-Weill Dyschondrosteosis (LWD).Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this observational multicentric study was to describe phenotypes and genotypes of a large population with mutation on SHOX and adjacent regions and to identify a possible phenotype–genotype correlation.M...