ESPE Abstracts

Background: The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide and Glucagon-like peptide 1 analogs have emerged as a new tool for its management. To date, Liraglutide has been approved for the treatment of obesity in adolescents over 12 years of age by the FDA & EMEA and in Chile (July 2021).Objectives: evaluate the % decrease in BMI SDS and total body fat percentage in adolescents with obesity who received ...

Background: Mc Cune Albright (MAS), is a rare genetic disease clinically defined by bone fibrous dysplasia (BFD), café au lait skin spots and at least one hyperfunction endocrinopathy. Growth Hormone (GH) excess has been described in 20% of patients usually accompanied by hyperprolactinemia (80%). As reported in literature GH hypersecretion is allways associated with craniofacial BFD, macrocephaly and is also accompanied by higher risk of systemic...

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism (HT) is a condition characterized by inappropriately high thyroid hormone (TH) activity at receptor level, due to high synthesis and secretion of TH by thyroid gland. Antithyroid drugs as methimazole (MMI) are used as the first-line therapy in children. However, the optimal treatment duration and the predictive remission factors are still controversial.Objective: To investigate outcome of MM...

Mandatory lockdown during COVID 19 pandemic obstaculized access to medical attention. Newborn screening (NBS) for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Buenos Aires province has been obligatory since 1995 and performed sustainedly. CH causes mental delay if not diagnosed and treated early.Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine if mandatory lockdown changed time of established NBS diagnosis steps.Mat...

Introduction: The prevalence of PCOS in adolescents and young women was established at 4.3%. Whether women with a history of ICPP are at increased risk for PCOS is still controversial. There is no clear evidence that ICPP girls treated with GnRH analogues (GnRHa) are more likely to develop PCOS than their age-matched peers.Objectives: To assess the prevalence of PCOS in adolescents with a history of ICPP and further comp...

Introduction: An increase in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) with eutopic gland has been reported worldwide due to neonatal screening programs. Several studies have recently reported factors useful for predicting permanent CH (P-CH).Objectives: To determine predictive factors that could distinguish between permanent and transient CH (T-CH) in patients with eutopic thyroid gland and normal neonatal screeni...

GHD diagnosis in neonates and infants is a challenge owing to the fact that GH pharmacological stimulation tests (GHST) are not approved at this age. In a retrospective study, we found that a random GH<6.5 µg/L confirmed GHD diagnosis in neonates with clinical suspicion of GHD with high diagnostic accuracy (1). The accuracy of GH and its surrogates of action have not been set for infants with current standardized immunoassays.Objective</...

The survival rate of young patients with cancer has greatly improved in the last decades, in part due to the introduction of new therapeutic agents and protocols.Chemotherapy may be associated with risk of ovarian dysfunction, permanent or transient amenorrhea, symptoms of ovarian insufficiency and infertility.It has been suggested that prepubertal ovary is less susceptible to deleterious effect of chemotherapy.<p class="abstex...

Introduction: Preclinical models demonstrated that Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL-4) regulates lipid metabolism and affects energy homeostasis. However, no data exist regarding its involvement in childhood and adolescence, periods of life with important metabolic changes.Objectives: We aimed to investigate circulating levels of ANGPTL-4 in children and adolescents and its relationship with gender, puberty and obesit...