ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hypoglycaemia is one of the most common presenting complaints at paediatric emergency department. There are many distinct causes of hypoglycaemia, ranging from nutritional insufficiency, infectious origins, to metabolic disorders. A thorough investigation can help differentiate the cause of hypoglycaemia, with subsequent tailored management. All patients with hypoglycaemia should have a full clinical assessment and together with a hypoglycaemia scr...

Introduction: Recent studies point to the existence of androgen-responsive non-coding (nc) RNAs in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) RNA.Aim: To quantify the androgen-responsive gene expression of SNORD5 and RNY5 and investigate their relationship to the testosterone (T) rise following hCG stimulation in boys with no genetic evidence of androgen insensitivity.Methods: 19 bo...