ESPE Abstracts

Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder caused by lack of expression of paternally inherited imprinted genes on Chr15q11-q13. rhGH has beneficial effects on growth, body composition and development. Starting age, dose titration and monitoring remain controversial.Objective: To study retrospectively children who presented in our multidisciplinary PWS clinic and assess response to rhGH treatment, auxology, IGF1 concentration a...

Objective: To assess the serum levels of IL-6, TNF-a and Omentin-1 in girls with Turner Syndrome (TS) and to analyze their association with FPG, FINS, TC, TG, HDL-c, LDL-c, and BMISDS.Methods: In total of 33 TS girls aged (12.8±3.9) yr and 33 age-matched normal girls aged (12.6±3.7) yr were recruited in the study. Height (Ht) and Weight (Wt) were measured; FPG, FINS, TC, TG, HDL-c, LDL-c, IGF-1 and E2 were also measured; BMI and BMISDS were cal...

Background: Costello syndrome is a rare congenital disorder with characteristic findings involving multiple organ systems. The Costello Syndrome Family Network estimates that the birth prevalence in the United Kingdom is at least 1/500,000. So far, there has been only one affected individual reported in China.Objective and hypotheses: Diagnose the case of autosomal dominant Costello syndrome by direct squencing of HRAS gene. Analyze the correlation betwe...

Objective: This paper is aimed to explore the significance of plasma kisspeptin level in diagnosis and therapeutic evaluation through the detection of kisspeption level of girls diagnosed with idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) before treatment and after 6-months of treatment and girls with simple premature thelarche (PT).Methods: A total of 70 girls including 24 girls diagnosed with ICPP, 21 girls with PT and 25 normal girls were enrolled. ELI...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in rapid implementation of tele-clinics; patients have frequently missed routine point-of-care HbA1c testing, vital for evaluating long-term glycaemic control. We evaluated the feasibility of remote HbA1c monitoring via self-collection of capillary blood samples at home, and examined clinical characteristics associated with engagement with this system.Methods: Bio-Rad Haemog...

Objectives: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in major cutbacks in service provision to patients. This could be detrimental to children with diabetes mellitus (DM), whose condition could deteriorate from poor access to healthcare. The lockdown has also potentially caused changes in diet, sedentary behavior and psychological burden due to the stress associated with the pandemic, which can have negative effects on glycemic control. Thus, this study compares c...

Background: Hyperuricaemia has been associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome in adults and children. Elevation in serum uric acid (SUA) is hypothesized to be a critical initiator of the development of essential hypertension. The exact relationship between SUA and blood pressure (BP) has not been established in the pediatric population. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the association between SUA and BP in well, obese/overweight and hype...

Objective: This study investigated the genetic etiology and clinical phenotype of non-syndromic childhood and adolescent obesity.Methods: A total of 392 non-syndromic obese children aged 7-14 years old who were hospitalized in Department of Endocrinology. Whole exon sequencing was used to screen the potential genetic causes and analyze CNV and 79 reported obesity candidate genes.Results:</s...

Background: Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare dominant disorder of transcriptional regulation with a complex phenotype including cranio-facial dysmorphism, intellectual disability, developmental delay, hypotonia, failure to thrive, short stature and variable cardiac and renal anomalies. Mutations in either KMT2D or KDM6A cause KS. While the phenotype of KS has been reported in many ethnicities, little is known about the phenotypic spectrum of KS...

Objective: Inactivating mutations in the gene encoding the alpha-subunit of Gs (GNAS) gene, which consists of exons 1-13 and encodes the alpha-subunit of the stimulatory G protein (Gsa), are associated with several clinical syndromes, including pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP), pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (PPHP), and progressive osseous heteroplasia (POH).Method: We documented patient clinical characteristics a...