ESPE Abstracts

Background: In Brazil there is a nutritional transition between child malnutrition and increasing prevalence of obesity.Objective and hypotheses: The study aims to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 5–18 years in five private and 15 public schools from city of Uberaba Brazil.Method: Anthropometric data, inventorys physical activities and socioeconomic aspects were evaluated from 1125 individuals...

Background: The beginning and evolution of physiological puberty may be occurring earlier, resulting in change in the age at which clinical investigation on precocious puberty must be conducted, as well as concerns regarding the possible deleterious effects of hormone exposure in a later stage of life.Objective and hypotheses: Assess age of beginning and evolution of puberty in boys and girls acknowledging the age of thelarche (T), menarche (M), period b...

Background: In the world, the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism varies in wide ranges. In the neonatal screening based on thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), the optimal diagnostic level of TSH is essential to ensure that the true cases of congenital hypothyroidism are not missed.The goal was to compare the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism during the course of changes in the screening protocol for the periods of 2003-2007 ...

Influence of anthropometric indices at birth on obesity characteristics in school-age children Latyshev D. Yu., Lobanov Yu. F.? Latyshev O. Yu. *, Karkova T.A. Altai State Medical University, Barnaul * Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. Moscow Keywords: obesity, children, body length, body mass index Objective: To study the relationship between anthropometric data at birth and the course of obesity in school-age children. Materials and metho...

Background: Kocher-Debre Semelaigne syndrome (KDSS) is a rare form of myopathy in patients with longstanding moderate-to-severe hypothyroidism.Objective and hypotheses: We present the case of 7-year-old boy who developed muscular pseudohypertrophy, associated with long-term untreated hypothyroidism.Method: A 7-year-old boy presented with growth failure, lassitude and lethargy. He was born small for gestational age at 28 weeks gesta...

Background and aim: Pregnancy with diabetes mellitus is associated with obstetric and neonatal complications, including the development of fetal macrosomia. Fetal macrosomia of diabetic origin is characterized by a disproportionate distribution of subcutaneous fat with predominant localization in the upper half of the fetus body. The cause of excess fetal growth is maternal hyperglycemia, regardless of the type of diabetes in the mother. The aim of study was t...

Background: Emotional disorders are serious complications in obese children. Dopamine is known to be one of the neurotransmitters, which is in charge of such conditions.Aim: To determine neuroendocrine and psychological status in obese children.Methods: We examined 296 children in the Endocrinological Department of University Hospital (Minsk); group 1 – 206 obese children (simple obesity: 14.35±2 years; BMI 30.8±2.5 ...

Background: Thyroid dysfunction is well-established feature in children with Down syndrome (DS). There are several reasons for both clinical (CH) or subclinical (SH) hypothyroidism in these children- thyroid dysgenesis and dyshormonogenesis early in life, thyroid insensitivity to TSH; or autoimmune disease during school age.Objective and hypotheses: Evaluation of thyroid function in children with DS.Method: Thyroid function from 80...

Background: 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis (GD) is a spectrum disorder which lead to variable degrees of atypical external genitalia, ranging from female to micropenis and absent of gonadal tissue (known as Embryonic Testicular Regression Syndrome -ETRS). Most patients with 46,XY GD remains without a molecular diagnosis.Objective: To report the DEAH-box helicase 37 gene (DHX37) as a novel candidate for the GD etiology.Patients a...

Introduction: The PLIN1 gene encodes perilipin - a lipid droplet coat protein expressed in adipocytes where it inhibits basal and facilitates stimulated lipolysis. Mutations in PLIN1 have been described in several families with partial lipodystrophy, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance (partial lipodystrophy type 4, Familial, FPLD4). Herein we describe a novel heterozygous c.1210-1delG splicing variant in PLIN1 gene in three unrelate...