Endocrine Abstracts

Background: SPT are late effects of childhood PFBT. Low dose radiation scatter at the edge of craniospinal field has traditionally been blamed for meningiomas and thyroid tumours but the effect of chemotherapy, genetic predisposition and GH replacement on their prevalence is less clear.Methods and aims: As part of a descriptive study of long term (>10 years) functional, endocrine and cognitive outcomes in 36 (20 males) adults aged 21.2 (16–32) y...

Introduction: Most adolescents with GID have no overt functional or phenotypic abnormalities to explain their presentation. Currently all female to male (FtM) persons undergo detailed evaluation of adrenal function. This study aimed to determine whether subtle abnormalities of adrenal were present and what the appropriate investigation schedule should be.Methods: Over the past 4 years, 55 biological females aged mean age 16.54 years (13.46–18.37) we...

Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder caused by lack of expression of paternally inherited imprinted genes on Chr15q11-q13. rhGH has beneficial effects on growth, body composition and development. Starting age, dose titration and monitoring remain controversial.Objective: To study retrospectively children who presented in our multidisciplinary PWS clinic and assess response to rhGH treatment in terms of auxology, IGF1 conc...