ESPE Abstracts

Background: Metabolic control is important in prevention and delay of microvascular and macrovascular complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Psychological disorders and, a lack of motivation may negatively affect metabolic control. Therefore, motivational and psychological support can be needed as a part of medical treatment to improve metabolic control in patients with type 1 DM.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the impact of reward-base...

Introduction: Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is a rare congenital abnormality of the pituitary gland. Perinatal injuries, defective organogenesis or rare mutations of HESX1, LHX4, OTX3 and SOX3 are proposed to be the cause of PSIS in familial cases. It is characterized by the triad of a very thin or interrupted pituitary stalk, an ectopic (or absent) posterior pituitary and hypoplasia or aplasia of the anterior pituitary. Typical features are tertiary hypothyroid...