ESPE Abstracts

Background: Final height in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is generally assumed to be lower than the population norm. Besides CAH subtype and age at diagnosis, timing of pubertal development is considered to have a significant impact on final height. In most CAH patients, puberty starts within normal ranges, although at a somewhat earlier mean age compared to reference populations. CAH-complicating gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty has been reported...

Background and aim: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is associated with other autoimmune diseases, often with a sex preference. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to reports on an increasing risk of autoimmune diseases. Our research aimed to investigate (concomitant) autoimmunity in children with T1D manifestation during the COVID-19 pandemic, considering gender and age, compared to pre-pandemic onset.Methods: We a...