ESPE Abstracts

Background: Gonadal dysfunction is one of the major endocrinological late effects among cancer survivors. Chemotherapeutic agents and radiation are so gonadotoxic that ovarian reserve diminishes. Measurement of anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration is useful as a marker of ovarian reserve or gonadal deficiency in female childhood cancer survivors (CCSs), particularly among patients without high gonadotropin levels.Objective and hypotheses: The ...

Achondroplasia (Ach) is a skeletal disorder caused by gain-of-function mutations of FGFR3. Ach patients suffer from various complications such as short stature, foramen magnum stenosis and sleep apnea. Disease-specific treatment is not available at present, although some drugs including a C-type natriuretic peptide analogue have been developed. The mutated FGFR3, G380R, has an elevated activity of the receptor-associated tyrosine kinase, but G380R is further activated...