ESPE Abstracts

Key words: Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Intestinal flora; metagenomic sequencing; cytokines; AutoimmunityObjective: This study aims to verify the effect of intestinal microbiota diversity on the disease development of T1DM mice model, and to explore the mechanism of intestinal microbiota in the development of type 1 diabetes mediated by related cytokines.Method: T1DM mouse model was e...

Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of triptorelin 3.75 mg subcutaneously injection every 6 weeks on final height in girls with ICPP.Method: Forty females with ICPP received triptorelin 3.75 mg every 6 weeks subcutaneously injection and reached FAH were collected. These patients were divided into two groups. Group A: GnRHa alone, n=17; group B: triptorelin+rhGH, n=23. During the treatment, height, weight, annual...

Background: Sitosterolemia (STSL) is an extremely rare genetic disease. Xanthomas as the first symptom is frequently misinterpreted as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in children. Inappropriate treatment may deteriorate the condition.Objectives: The goal of this study was to summarize the clinical characteristics of children with STSL who had xanthomas as their first symptom and to provide clues for early clinical dia...

Background: Aromatase inhibitors (AIS) can block the conversion of androgens to estrogens, thus can be used to delay bone maturation in males, however, the effect on improvement of final adult height (FAH) is still controversial.Objective and hypotheses: A prospective study was performed to evaluate the effect of letrozole used on the FAH in males with idiopathic short stature (ISS).Method: 55 boys with ISS and had entered puberty ...