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European Congress of Endocrinology 2021

Online
22 May 2021 - 26 May 2021

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The European Congress of Endocrinology provides a global platform for the international endocrine community to discuss the latest advances in the field.

Joint Sessions

ESE/EASO Joint Session: Endocrine lab findings in people with obesity and their therapeutic consequences

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Diagnostics and treatment of post - bariatric surgery hypoglycaemia

de Heide Loek

Stimulation of insulin release by increased gut hormone levels after gastric bypass surgery, especially glucagonlike polypeptide-1(GLP-1), is considered to be the most important mechanism of action in diabetes remission. However, these beneficial effects can come at a price, namely the development of postprandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia, more often called post bariatric hypoglycaemie (PBH). The exact pathophysiology of PBH is not known but GLP-1 plays an important role...