ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hypoparathyroidism (HP) is the most common first endocrinopathy in patients with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy syndrome (APECED or APS1), an autosomal recessive condition caused by mutations in the AIRE gene. Treatment of HP has not changed over the decades and parathyroid hormone is used only rarely.Aim: To describe clinical characteristics and course of HP in a cohort of patients with APECED and eva...