ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Estrogen treatment can be used for pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome who wish to control the rate of excessive height growth. However, the appropriate timing of treatment initiation is controversial and studies were limited. In this study, the authors aimed to find out when the initiation of estradiol therapy is most appropriate for controlling height growth rate in patients with Marfan syndrome.Methods:</stro...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of hypogonadism on bone mineral density (BMD) in children and adolescents with chronic diseases to determine the relationship between sex hormones and BMD. Information of children and adolescents with chronic diseases, such as haemato-oncologic, rheumatoid, gastrointestinal, and endocrinologic diseases, was retrospectively collected. Relationship between sex- and Tanner stage-matched z-scores for sex hormones and sex- and age-matched ...