Endocrine Abstracts

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) comprises autosomal recessive disorders mainly due to defects in the 21-hydroxylase (CYP21) gene. We aimed to perform a genotype-phenotype analysis in Romanian patients with classical 21-hydroxylase deficiency.Patients and methods: We included 42 patients (13 males, 29 females, 19 with the salt wasting (SW) form, 29 with the simple virilizing (SV) form. Molecular analysis was performed by direct sequencing of PCR ampl...

Purpose: Osteopathy/osteoporosis in Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1) shows variable responses to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT); the pathogenesis is incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate the effect of several gene variants on bone mineral density (BMD) and serum markers of bone metabolism in GD1.Patients/methods: 50 adult Caucasian patients with GD1/117 controls were genotyped for gene variants in the osteoprotegerin (TNFRSF11B; OPG), estrogen r...