Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Klinefelter syndrome is the most common sex chromosome abnormality causing primary hypogonadism and affects approximately 1 to 2.5 per 1000 males. However, other rarer sex chromosomal abnormalities have been associated to testicular dysfunction.Clinical Case: A thirteen-year-old male was referenced to Pediatric consultation due to obesity starting around age four. Perinatal background: maternal gestational diabetes controlled with diet and 10...

Background: Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at high risk of 25-hydroxivitamin D (25(OH)D) inadequacy and the lack of a consensual definition has hampered its epidemiological study. Despite international recommendations, bone health and vitamin D inadequacy (VDI) are still quite undervalued, even in a high-risk population as CCS, due to disease treatment, physical limitations and insufficient solar exposure. Objectives: Our aims were to determine the...