ESPE Abstracts

Objectives: Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is produced by Sertoli cells in the testicles and granulosa cells in the ovaries. Increased abdominal adipose tissue initiates metabolic and endocrine disorders and predisposes to polycystic ovary syndrome. AMH is used as a marker in PCOS. A decrease in AMH levels has been reported in adults with obesity and increased central adiposity. The purpose of this study was to assess the serum AMH level and related factors...

Entry: Rickets is a generalized metabolic bone disease manifested by the abnormal increase in osteoid tissue, defective mineralization and deformation of the epiphyseal plate, which occurs as a result of vitamin D and mineral deficiency before epiphysial fusion occurs in adolescence. Although rickets is mostly seen due to vitamin D deficiency, it can rarely be seen in vitamin D metabolism disorders and diseases that cause phosphorus loss. Clinical findings suc...

Introduction: Thyroid cancers are rare cancers in children and their incidence is 1.4% in pediatric malignancies. However, its frequency is increasing. While the incidence of prepubertal children is equal among girls boys, it increases with age in female patients. Radiotherapy, which is applied to the neck region, and hashimoto disease are the risk factors. The relationship between Hashimoto's disease and papillary thyroid cancer is thought to be assoc...