Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionThe aim of this study, which was conducted for the first time in Ukraine, was to analyze a glycemic control in patients with different types of diabetes mellitus (DM), including neonatal (ND) and maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and changing their treatment after the results of genetic testing.Materials and methodsThe Ukrainian Pediatric Diabetes Register was established in 2002 and inc...

Background: According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, before the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the incidence of thyroid cancer in children under 14 years of age was on average 0.04 per 100,000 children, however long-term consequences of the accident have not been analyzed.Material and methods: We studied the incidence of thyroid cancer during the last 35 years in Ukraine in children under the age of 14 and 18 y.o....

Introduction: Hypertension is common in patients with Turner Syndrome (TS), and they appear to have an increased predisposition with various proposed disease related factors; sex hormone imbalance, aortopathy, increased activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, insulin resistance, growth hormone deficiency/resistance, adverse imprinting during fetal life and renal malformations. Despite high susceptibility and unique challenges in managing hypertension in this gr...