ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria(HHRH; OMIM: 241530) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder,which is the result of loss-of-function mutations in the sodium-phosphate-cotransporter NPT2c.This disorder is characterized by renal phosphate(Pi) wasting,hypercalciuria,increased 1,25 (OH)2-D levels and decreased parathormone(PTH) levels.Here we report the clinical features of two siblings with HHRH,confirmed with molecula...

Background/Aim: Gender identity disorder (GID) is a condition, which is characterized by incongruence between experienced gender and the natal-sex, which also causes deterioration of functionality. After psychiatric evaluations, medical treatment for adolescents with GID consists of 3 phases. First phase is the suppression of puberty with GnRH-analogues, which may be considered to be supporting the diagnostic process. In the second phase, cross-sex steroid hor...

Introduction: SOFT-syndrome (#MIM 614783) is a rare condition characterized by short stature, onychodysplasia, facial dysmorphism and hypotrichosis caused by POC1A gene mutations. Moreover, severe insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic disorders may also accompany. Hereby, we report two-patients with SOFT-syndrome, who had severe short stature and IR, with a novel POC1A mutation.Case Report: Patient 1 (P1), a 16-month ol...