Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in adult outpatients with diabetes and identify the correlation with diabetes management behaviours and clinical outcomes.Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were performed on 142 diabetic patients (type 1 diabetes n=67, type 2 diabetes n=60) attending outpatient clinic. Depression and anxiety were evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) and the General Anxiety Di...

Introduction: Neonatal diabetes mellitus is a rare condition with an estimated incidence of 1 in 400 000 live births in the UK population. Half of these cases will have permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM). We report a homozygous missense mutation (R397L) in the glucokinase (GCK) gene which is associated with PNDM, in an infant from a consanguineous Asian family.Case report: The baby was born with a birth weight of 1.68 kg at 38 weeks gesta...