ESPE Abstracts

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that repress target gene expression via post-transcriptional mechanisms.Objective and hypotheses: To study the expression of miRNA-25, miRNA-216, miRNA-21, miRNA-93, miRNA-377 in a sample of 100 type 1 diabetic patients with and without microalbuminuria to probe their role in development of diabetic nephropathy.Methods: Hundred type 1 diabetic patients, 50 with microalbuminur...

Background: GnRH analogues are the treatment of choice for central precocious puberty. It has been proven beneficial effects on final adult height, but the reproductive function has many debate especially about PCOS. The criteria used for the diagnosis of PCOS can be more difficult to judge because it is not uniform between the studies.Method: The Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, Web of Science, SCOPUS data bases were searched for studies published up to Janua...

Background: Alterations in endocrine functions and low-grade systemic inflammation represent fundamental characteristics of obesity. These biological systems have been repeatedly linked to fatigue symptoms.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between fatigue symptoms and metabolic/inflammatory markers in a sample of non-diabetic obese children.Method: The study was conducted in 41 obese (med...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), the most common preventable cause of mental retardation in children, may presents with non-specific signs and symptoms. Beside, majority of the infants can be asymptomatic. Underestimation and/or misdiagnosis may cause delay in diagnosis and results in severe complications.Case report: A 5 months-old female admitted to our clinic with the history of repeated surgical operations due to the diagnosis of congenita...

Background: The heterozygous mutation in the SRCAP gene (611421) on chromosome 16p11.2 causes a rare genetic disorder named Floating–Harbor syndrome (FHS). The clinical diagnosis of FHS is characterized by a triad of short stature with significantly delayed bone age; expressive language delay, usually in the presence of normal motor development; and a triangular face with prominent nose and deep-set eyes.Objective: To investigate the presence of SRC...

Background: Obesity and nonactivity particularly in child hood can associated in cardiovascular disease in adult hood.Objective and hypotheses: Aim of this study was comparison of lipid profile in active and non active obese children.Method: The participants in this study who where obese children 8–10 years, according to cut off BMI>85% percentile, that selected by cluster sampling method. After obtaining consent.they comp...

Background: Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) presents with primary skeletal manifestations such as tall stature, chest wall abnormality, and scoliosis. And these primary skeletal manifestations affect the growth pattern in MFS. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use normal growth charts to evaluate the growth status of MFS.Objective and hypotheses: We aimed to develop disease-specific growth charts for Korean MFS patients and to use these growth char...

Keywords: Anti-GAD antibodies, Anti-thyroid antibodies, celiac disease, HbA1c, type-1 diabetes mellitus. We analyze the association of anti-GAD positive type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) with anti-thyroid antibodies and celiac disease. We analyzed children of both gender and aged between 1 to 18 years having known T1DM. Blood sample of each child was taken in sterilized container and sent to institutional laboratory for biochemical investigations. In a total of ...

Introduction: Glycogen storage disease (GSD) type 0 and growth hormone (GH) deficiency cause ketotic hypoglycemia via diverse mechanisms and are not known to be associatedCase Report: 10 years old girl presented with recurrent fasting ketotic hypoglycemia, with short stature (HSD: - 4 SDS), with Tanner stage 1, golden sample revealed glucose 42 mg /dL, low insulin and low GH, cortisol and free thyroxine levels were norma...

Background: Growth hormone (GH) treatment is indicated for children who are born small for gestational age (SGA) and fail to achieve sufficient catch-up growth during infancy and remain short throughout childhood.Aims: To evaluate the effect of GH treatment in a large, multicentric, Portuguese SGA children cohort and to analyze for correlation between GH treatment response and clinical factors.<str...