ESPE Abstracts

Background and Aims: Children with Down's syndrome (DS) are at increased risk of autoimmune conditions including type 1 diabetes (T1D), coeliac and thyroid disease. We previously examined the clinical and immunogenetic characteristics of these conditions in children with DS. An earlier age-of-onset of diabetes was observed compared with children with T1D from the general population despite having decreased frequencies of the established genetic susceptibil...

Background: Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is genetically mediated in up to 30% of cases. Many genes associated with POI have roles in early ovary developmental processes, including meiosis.Objectives: We investigated the genetic mechanism underlying early-onset POI in three young women presenting with absent puberty: two sisters from a consanguineous pedigree and a third unrelated proband.<st...

Background: Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is a Disorder of Sex Development (DSD) caused by mutations in genes encoding anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) or its type II receptor (AMHR2) with autosomal recessive transmission. Objective: To report a case of transverse testicular ectopia (TTE), associated with PMDS, initially presented as an obstructed inguinal hernia.Case presentation: An 18- days- old male infant, wi...

Background: TV-1106 (Teva Pharmaceuticals) is a genetically fused human GH and human serum albumin, in development for treatment of GH deficiency (GHD). TV-1106 has an extended duration of action compared to daily GH treatment and thus it is believed that treatment with TV-1106 can reduce the frequency of injections and improve compliance and quality of life for those requiring growth hormone replacement therapy. The efficacy and safety data from adult studies with TV-1106 sup...

Introduction: The metabolically healthy obese phenotype (MHOF) defines obese patients who have preserved insulin sensitivity and who do not have metabolic complications: lower risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in adulthood. Recent studies indicate that TMI (kg/m3) estimates the percentage of body fat more accurately than the BMI and it has been proposed to substitute the use of the BMI z-score values by those of the TMI. TMI values ...

Background: Bilateral testicular regression (BTR) is characterized by the absence of both testicles in a newborn male or shortly thereafter, and presenting as bilateral cryptorchidism with undetectable AMH levels and the absence of Müllerian structures on pelvic ultrasound. Depending on when the regression occurs during fetal development, the condition can be associated with a micropenis. Few studies have explored the etiology and long-term outcome of BTR...

Background: Disorders related to an impairment in parathyroid hormone (PTH) signaling pathway are historically classified under the term pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP), that now encompasses rare, related but highly heterogeneous diseases with demonstrated (epi)genetic causes. The actual classification is based on the presence or absence of specific clinical and biochemical signs together with an in vivo response to exogenous PTH and an in vitro assay of Gs&#9...

Introduction: Hormonal deficits are well known complications after allogeneic human stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) in childhood and treated according to existing guidelines. It is assumed that bone mass and strength accrual during puberty is also often impaired, due to toxic therapy and prolonged inactivity, but data on bone geometry and strength are scare in this particular group.Objective/Patients and Methods: Cr...

Background: TV-1106 (Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd) is a genetically fused recombinant GH (rhGH) and human serum albumin in development as a once weekly treatment of GH deficiency (GHD) in children and adults. TV-1106 has an extended duration of action compared to daily rhGH treatment, reducing the frequency of injections.Objective and hypotheses: The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of TV-1106 were evaluated in phase 2 study using non-compartmental anal...

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) and related disorders lead to a wide spectrum of abnormal physical characteristics, neurocognitive and endocrine abnormalities. PHP (including all subtypes), pseudoPHP, acrodysostosis and progressive osseous heteroplasia refer to heterogeneous disorders characterized by physical findings, differently associated in each subtype, including short bones, short stature, stocky build, subcutaneous ectopic ossifications, as well as laboratory abnormalit...