ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To study how basal metabolism influences the somatometric evolution of the child and adolescent population with obesity in a pediatric endocrinology clinic; multichannel impedance study, TANITA BF 430.Results: 100 randomly selected patients from a database with 1400 records were studied. Most of the patients who come to these consultations for obesity are girls, between 8 and 11 years old. The group of boys at...

Background: Subcutaneous calcification is a rare clinical symptom in infancy. Progressive evolution and association with brachydactyly could be indicators of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). In clinical practice, AHO is difficult to diagnose because of clinical heterogeneity. Typical features of AHO without any evidence of hormone resistance are termed pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (PPHP; OMIM 612463).Case report: Male patient referred to study...