ESPE Abstracts

Background: Premature pubarche is a diagnosis of exclusion, and it is a benign period. Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC-CAH) is one of the most important causes in the differential diagnosis of premature pubarche.Objective and hypotheses: In this study it was aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory data, of 75 cases (five male, 70 female) diagnosed as premature pubarche. Additionally basal 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels determined as N...

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most common endocrine disease in children and adolescents.Objective and hypotheses: It was aimed to evaluate the frequency of autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) and the possible risk factors for AT at diagnosis and at follow up of T1DM patients.Method: T1DM patients who were admitted to Trakya University Medical Faculty Pediatric Department, Pediatric Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic betwe...

Aim: To describe the clinical pattern and laboratory characteristics at presentation of a group of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus living in the Northwest region (Trakya) of Turkey.Methods: The clinical and laboratory data of a total of 315 children who presented with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus during a 12 year period (2006–2018) were retrospectively analyzed based on hospital records. The data were assessed by gender and age su...

Backround: Short stature (SS) is one of the common disorders referred for investigation of an endocrine disorder. The etiologies of SS vary and are commonly grouped into pathological and nonpathological disorders. Despite standard clinical and laboratory evaluation, a pathological diagnosis is not reached in 50–90% cases.Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the etiologies and decribe the characteristic of short stature patients who were follo...

Background: Premature pubarche (PP) is known to be a risk factor the development of metabolic syndrome (MS) and hyperandrogenism.Aims: To evaluate if glucose and insulin metabolism, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk factors in family (FCVRF) create a risk for insulin resistance (IR) and if PP is a risk factor alone for MS and hyperandrogenism in normal weighted prepubertal PP girls.Methods: Prepubertal and non-obe...

Aim: Hypophosphatemic rickets (HR) is a rare renal phosphate wasting disorder commonly related to X-linked form, caused by PHEX mutations and it treatment and follow-up is challenging due to imperfect treatment options. Here we presented nationwide data on HR with initial and follow-up data on the patients presented to the pediatric endocrinology clinics before the age of 18 years.Results: From 24 centers, 158 patients (93 male/65 female) were i...