Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Our objective in this study was to identify the type of clinical care received by young type 1 diabetic patients who have made the transition from paediatric to adult care, and to assess the metabolic status of the patients. The research aimed to develop a sustainable and coordinated approach to facilitating the transition between diabetes services for adolescents and reveal from the perspective of the adolescents living with type 1 diabetes their experiences surrou...

Rationale: Our aim has been to describe the assistance demand and the profile of patients treated in the eating disorders unit in our hospital.Methods: Observational retrospective study (reviewing medical histories).Results: One thousand two hundred and fourteen patients have been treated at the eating disorders unit between 1996 and 2012, 91.8% female. Age at first visit: 22.1±8.3 years. Time of monitoring tracking: 1.2±...

Objectives: MODY diabetes is the most common form of monogenic diabetes, encompassing a heterogeneous group of disorders whose primary defect results from mutations in one of at least seven genes recognized, associated with a primary defect in insulin secretion. It has early onset and autosomal dominant inheritance.Our objective was to evaluate the results of monogenic diabetes clinic of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department during 2008–2012.</...