ESPE Abstracts

Objective: This study was to measure quality of life (QOL) of the primary caregivers for young children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).Methods: The children with PWS consisted of 32 children. The QOL of the caregiver for each patient was assessed using the Chinese version of the WHOQOL-BREF, and the Infants-Junior Middle School Students' Social-Life Abilities Scale was used to evaluate the social adaption capacity ...

Background: Beta-ketothiolase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by ACAT1 gene mutation. Only 100 cases have been reported up to now.Methods: Among the 13 patients, four were diagnosed in our institute, and 9 were from a literature review of all reported Chinese cases. Two patients were diagnosed with newborn screening, and the others were diagnosed after ketoacidotic episodes. Clinical characteristics, laboratory and molecu...

Background: Given the absence of a systematic evaluation of general public’ attitudes towards the storage and use of newborn screening (NBS) blood samples for research in China, we firstly conducted this internet-based survey to explore these issues.Methods: We conducted a national-based internet survey with self-designed questionnaire. We mainly studied three categories: 1) the willingness to have their children’s residual NBS samples used for...

Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare complex genetic disorder caused by an absence of expression of imprinted genes on the paternally derived chromosome 15q11-q13 region. This study aimed to characterize the perinatal features in a cohort of Chinese individuals with PWS.Methods: We analyzed anonymous data of 134 patients from the PWS Registry in China. Perinatal and neonatal presentations were analyzed, and ...

The genotype-phenotype relationship in PWS patients is important for a better understanding of the clinical phenotype and clinical characteristics of different genotypes of PWS in children. We aimed to explore the influence of specific gene changes on the clinical symptoms of PWS and the value of early screening and early intervention of the condition. All data in this study were extracted from the database of the XiaoPang Weili Rare Disease Care Center. The collected informat...

Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare and multisystemic genetic disorder that is characterized by severe hypotonia, hyperphagia, short stature, and global developmental delay. Although early recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) treatment has been proven to rescue some symptoms and bring additional benefits to PWS patients, studies in patients under 2 years old are scarce. Thus, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of rhGH ...