ESPE Abstracts

Background: Graves disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children. The frequency of the disease increases with age, peaking during adolescence.Thyroid storm is a rare but critical, ilness that can lead to multiorgan failure and carries a high death rate. Antithyroid drugs are usually recommended as the initial treatment and are generally well tolerated. Although current treatment options include radioactive iodine, but long term complications of thyroid irradi...

Background: RASopathies are a group of diseases with common clinical features that occur as a result of pathogenic variants in genes encoding components of the RAS/MAPK pathway. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and molecular features of RASopathy cases in our pediatric endocrinology unit.Subjects and Methods: The clinical and molecular data of 42 patients (18 girls) from 39 families were evaluated, retr...

Introduct&idot;on: Thyroid cancers are rare malignancies in childhood and their incidence is between 1.5-3% among all childhood cancers. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) constitutes more than 90% of childhood thyroid cancers. Risk factors for thyroid cancer include; There are iodine deficiency, radiation exposure, radiotherapy to the head and neck region, and genetic predisposition. We will present an 8-year-old case who presented with a complaint of neck swelli...

Objective: Mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD) (45,X,46,XY mosaicism) is a rare chromosomal disorders of sexual development (DSD). In this article, single center data were evaluated.Material Method: From the files of ten patients followed up with the diagnosis of mixed gonadal dysgenesis, complaints and physical examination findings, laboratory tests, chromosome analysis, FISH results, ultrasound, laparoscopy, pathology repor...

Aim: In numerous studies, a decrease in sleep quality and regulation has been reported in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, research on sleep disturbances in T1D patients is limited. Diagnosis of sleep disorders is crucial as this condition adversely affects cognitive functions in children, which in turn affects the essential skills required for diabetes management. We aim to assess sleep disorders in patients diagnosed with T1D and investigate the...

Background: Resistance to thyroid hormone β (RTHβ) is a rare disorder characterized by a fairly heterogeneous clinical presentation due to varying degrees of tissue response to thyroid hormone. The study aim ed to evaluate the clinical, laboratory features, and genotype-phenotype relationship of Turkish patients with RTHβ.Patients and Methods: Patients who underwent a THRβ gene analysis betwe...

Introduction: Desert hedgehog (DHH) is mainly involved in testicular development and peripheral nerve sheath formation. DHH protein is produced by Sertoli cells and promotes Leydig cell development. It regulates androgen synthesis through Sertoli-Leydig cell interaction and is also involved in sex differentiation. Biallelic DHH (MIM*605423) variants are an extremely rare cause of 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis (GD). Patients may present with abnormal genita...

Background: The phases of human growth are associated with gene expression (GE) changes1, raising the possibility that rhythmic patterns of GE occur throughout childhood.Objective: In this study, we have assessed time-series patterns of GE profiles associated with age to characterise oscillations.Methods: GE analysis was conducted on cells of lymphoid origin from normal individuals through childhood (n=87, 43 ma...

Introduction: Metabolically unhealthy obesity (МUO), characterized by cytokine-induced adipopathy with the development of persistent meta-inflammation, is the main cause of metabolically associated diseases of civilization, which are associated with the formation of a diseasome of insulin-resistant diseases.Objective: to investigate the contribution of clinical and genetic predictors to the development of MUO in chil...

Introduction: Growth promoting effects of GH occur in parallel with its impact on insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism; underlying biological networks that link these actions are not defined. Our objective was to identify gene expression (GE) networks linking growth with metabolic responses in GH-treated children with GHD.Methods/design: Pre-pubertal children with GH Deficiency GHD (n=125) were enrolled from the PREDICT short-term (NCT002561...