Endocrine Abstracts

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a disorder which affects approximately 1% of women under 40 years of age. Besides infertility and estrogen deficiency altering the quality of life, the impact of this disease on the long-term health status of these women, especially bone status, has received little attention. We therefore designed a cross-sectional study of patients with POI, 5–10 years after a first evaluation in our department. We evaluated their anthropometric, ...

Context: Craniopharyngiomas are often associated with an unfavorable prognosis but data on their long-term consequences are sparse.Objective: To identify markers of recurrence and factors associated with compromised social rehabilitation and altered quality of life (QoL) in a large cohort of patients with either childhood onset (CO) or adult onset (AO) craniopharyngioma.Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed for 171 patients...