ESPE Abstracts

Objective: Vaspin plays an important role in the foetal and postnatal development of children. The effect of early-onset infection in neonates on vaspin levels is not well known.The aim of the study: 1) evaluation of serum vaspin concentrations in full-term appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) newborns, according to their gender, birth asphyxia, type of delivery, occurrence of early-onset infections; 2) analysis of correlations between serum vaspin conc...

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder. The pathogenesis of this disease has not been clarified so far. It is hypothesized that visceral hypersensitivity observed in IBS is associated with the activation of immune system and development of low-grade inflammation in the intestinal mucosa. Previous studies have shown that hormonal function of adipose tissue in inflammatory bowel disease is disturbed. However, there is only a few repo...

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a good biological model of chronic malnutrition. Although some reports according to the gastrointestinal disturbances in response to starvation have been published so far, the exocrine function of pancreas in patients with AN has not been studied thoroughly, yet. There is also no data on the effect of hormonal changes in AN on it. Therefore, the aim of this study is: 1) Evaluation of pancreatic exocrine function in patients with anorexia ne...