ESPE Abstracts

Background: Prednisolone, prednisone, and hydrocortisone, are used during pregnancy, in women with thrombocytopenia, auto immune or inflammatory diseases. The current belief speculates on the absence of adverse effects on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis of the fetus, thanks to placental 11BHSD2 inactivation.Objective and Hypotheses: We analyzed the results of ATCH tests routinely performed in neonates expose...