ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To identify genetic mutations of a pedigree affected by severe short stature in Chinese populations for the first time.Methods: Auxological and endocrinological profiles were measured. Targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) analyses comprising 277 shorted stature-associated candidate genes and 19 related copy number variation (CNV) regions were used to identify gene mutations in the proband. Three web-based software programs (SIFT, PolyPhen...

Objective: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a genetic disorder that results from abnormal expression of function of imprinting genes. Clinical manifestations vary greatly. To study the molecular genetic mechanism of BWS by Methylation Specific Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MS-MPLA) and to analyze the relationship between genotype and phenotype, that will be helpful to improve the understanding of this disease.Methods: The copy num...

Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of triptorelin 3.75 mg subcutaneously injection every 6 weeks on final height in girls with ICPP.Method: Forty females with ICPP received triptorelin 3.75 mg every 6 weeks subcutaneously injection and reached FAH were collected. These patients were divided into two groups. Group A: GnRHa alone, n=17; group B: triptorelin+rhGH, n=23. During the treatment, height, weight, annual...

Background: Male genital abnormalities may be associated with environmental endocrine disruptors.Objective and hypotheses: To observe the hypothalamic kiss-1 gene and the testis androgen acceptor (AR) gene expression level changes and the level of serum luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); testosterone (T) and Inhibin B (INH B) in neonatal rats which exposure to different doses of bisphenol-A (BPA). In order to explore the effect...

Background: BMI has a negative impact on spontaneous and stimulated GH secretion in children, but the impact of BMI and free fatty acids (FFA) on peak stimulated GH values in Han children with short stature is unknown.Objective and hypotheses: To assess the effects of BMI and FFA on peak GH values in Han children with short stature.Method: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study. We used arginine–clonidine test to anal...

Background: Adolescent growth spurt is the fast and intense increase in the rate of growth in height and weight that occurs during the adolescent stage of the human life cycle.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the changes of hormone levels and body composition in pubertal children with growth retardation.Method: A non-randomised clinical controlled study was conducted in 208 cases (males 122, 10–14 years and females 86,...

Purpose: This study aimed to profile children diagnosed with hypercalcemia of different etiologies at a single center.Method: We retrospectively reviewed 13 children diagnosed with hypercalcemia of different etiologies.Results: We describe 13 pediatric cases, aged 4 months to 12 years old (median age: 8 months), diagnosed from 2018 to 2021. Six males and seven females were included...

Keywords: growth hormone, small for gestational age, genetic defects; Silver-Russell syndrome; growth hormone deficiencyObjectives: To evaluate the influencing factors of GH treatment in Chinese short stature children born SGA.Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional survey in China. Of 101 patients were identified born SGA and 66 short stature children bor...

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a condition characterized by one or more hyperfunctioning parathyroids leading to hypercalcemia and inappropriately normal or elevated levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Clinically it can occur asymptomatically or manifests with osteopenia, increased risk of pathological fractures, nephrolithiasis, gastrointestinal symptoms (vomiting, constipation, abdominal pain) or asthenia. We report the case of A.L.M, a 15-year-old female who went to the Em...

Introduction: Septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) is an uncommon, highly heterogeneous entity of multifactorial etiology, consisting in the association of 2 or more of the following characteristics: ophthalmological abnormalities [most frequently optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH)], midline brain abnormalities [such as aplasia/hypoplasia of the septum pellucidum (SP) and/or corpus callosum (CC)] and variable degree of hypotalamo-pituitary insufficiency (HPI)<p class="ab...