ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Lipodystrophy syndromes are rare heterogeneous disorders characterized by deficiency of adipose tissue, usually a decrease in leptin levels and, frequently, severe metabolic abnormalities including diabetes and dyslipidemia. Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy is a rare autosomal recessive genetic desease that presents early, at birth or just after. The estimated prevalence ranges from 1 in a millon to 1 in 10 millon individual...

Introduction: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATD) are the most common autoimmune disorders associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Most patients present hypothyroidism. Although hyperthyroidism is less frequent, severe forms of thyrotoxicosis coexisting with diabetic ketoacidosis (DK) have been described in children with either preexisting diabetes, thyroid disease, or both. Celiac disease (CD) incidence is higher and ranges from 0.6-16.4%....