ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: The absence of menarche in a girl aged > 15 yrs requires extensive endocrinological and gynecological diagnostics. Amenorrhea occurs with a frequency of 3–4% among women of reproductive age. The most common causes of primary amenorrhea are: primary ovarian failure (48.5%), agenesis of the Müllerian ducts (16.2%), gonadotropin deficiency (8.3%) and constitutional delay in growth and puberty (6%).Materia...

Introduction: Gender incongruence (GI) is a condition where a person's gender identity does not match their assigned sex at birth, and can lead to significant distress and gender dysphoria (GD). In various studies it has been associated with a predisposition to developing pathological eating behaviours, which in turn negatively influence the individual’s metabolic health. In our study we examine selected markers of metabolic condition and assess sur...

Introduction: Gender incongruence (GI) is a condition where a person's gender identity does not match their assigned sex at birth and can lead to significant distress and gender dysphoria (GD). Some studies have shown a higher prevalence of hyperandrogenism (HA) in transboys/transmen than among the cisgender female population and considered its meaning in the context the of gender identity development. Therefore, further studies confirming this observatio...