ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: McCune Albright syndrome (MAS) is classically defined by the clinical triad: fibrous dysplasia of bone, café-au-lait skin pigmentation and endocrinopathies :The most frequent is precocious puberty. Linked to a somatic mutation of the α subunit of the Gs protein, this syndrome leads to a constitutive activation of adenylate cyclase, to the excessive production of AMPcCase presentation: Here we r...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate growth of celiac disease (CD) patients. Subjects and methods: Growth was assessed by:-Longitudinal study of growth CD patients compared with the subjects studied by Sempé, Pédron.-Semi longitudinal case-control study. Controls were the brothers and sisters CD patients.Results: 1. Growth was significantly more delayed in C...

Background: Precocious puberty is defined as pubertal development that begins at an earlier age than expected; most paediatric endocrinology subspecialists use cutoff ages of 8 years for girls and 9 years for boys.Objective and hypotheses: We reported in this case, rare association between type 1 diabetes mellitus and precocious puberty.Method: We present a girl with type 1 diabetes developed at the age of 3 years, with good glycae...

Introduction: In girls, precocious puberty is defined as the sign of secondary sexual characteristics occurring before the age of 8 years in Caucasian girls. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a rare association with precocious puberty. We discuss through this case, the involvement of type 1 diabetes mellitus in the onset of early puberty from a review of the literature.Observation: We report the case of precocious puberty in a 6-year-old girl followed for T1D sin...

Background: GH therapy improves height outcome in children with GH deficiency (GHD). Height velocity (HV) is maximum in the first year of treatment. Early diagnosis and therapy initiation optimize growth outcomes.Objective and hypotheses: Of this study was to evaluate growth during the first 2 years of GH treatment in 33 GHD children and evaluated the height velocity.Method: The study enrolled 54 children (29 boys, and 25 girls) wi...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic syndrome caused by complete or partial absence of an X chromosome. It is the most common diagnosed sex chromosome abnormality in women, affecting 1/2000–2500 female live births.Objective and hypotheses: To determine to establish the clinical, hormonal, cytogenetic, and evolutive pattern of children with TS and to establish for correlations between genotype and phenotype.Method: We ...

Background: Graves’ disease (GD) is a rare autoimmune affection in children with a female predominance. Its prevalence is about 0,1/100 000py in children and 3/100 000 py in adolescents and characterized by more important frequency of relapse than adults after medical treatment.Aim: Is to evaluate clinical biological radiological and treatment outcome of children and adolescents affected by GD in nine Algerian hosp...