ESPE Abstracts

Background: Experience with oral desamino-D-arginine-8-vasopressin lyophilisate (OLD) for central diabetes insipidus (CDI) in children with CNS malformations is limited.Objective and hypotheses: We aimed to assess the efficacy of oral use of OLD in children with CDI.Methods: Clinical, laboratory, and imaging characteristics of twenty-five children with CDI treated with OLD were eva...

Objective: To compare the serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in children and adolescents with obesity with and without hepatosteatosis, and investigate the relationship between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and severity of hepatosteatosis. We also aimed to assess the effect of vitamin D treatment after 6 months on hepatosteatosis and liver biochemistry.Methods: One hundred thirty-three obese patients with...