ESPE Abstracts

Background: Vitamin D status in children with isolated GHD has been analyzed in few studies with controversial results. The aim of the study was to assess vitamin D status in children with idiopathic GHD in North and Central Greece.Materials and methods: 128 children (M/F: 76/61, mean age 9.5 (S.D.±3.5 years) with isolated GHD were compared with 65 controls (M/F: 46/3, mean age 9.3 (S.D.±3.2 years). Children were d...

Background: Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) constitutes a genetically and clinically heterogeneous type of Monogenic Diabetes (MD). It is characterized by early onset, autosomal dominant inheritance and a defect in β cell insulin secretion. To date 14 different MODY subtypes have been reported each one with a distinct genetic aetiology. However four are the most common subtypes, namely MODY 1 (HNF4A), MODY2 (GCK), MODY3 (HNF1A), MODY...

Background: Silver-Russell Syndrome (SRS) is a clinically heterogenous syndrome, characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, distinct facial features, relative macrocefaly at birth and body asymmetry later in life, in combination with other malformations. Feeding difficulties, hypoglycemia and speech delay may appear. SRS diagnosis is clinical, according to the Netchine–Harbison clinical scoring system. Only 60% of cases are genetical...

Background: Hyperprolinemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with two distinct types: I (HPI) and II (HPII). The clinical presentation varies widely, with some individuals remaining asymptomatic and others exhibiting neurological, renal or auditory defects and seizures. Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome (PSIS) is a rare congenital pituitary defect, characterized by a thin or absent pituitary stalk, hypoplasia of the adenohypophysis, and ectopic neuro...