Endocrine Abstracts

Background: In females transitioning to males (FtM) and in males transitioning to females (MtF), exogenous cross-sex steroids are prescribed to favour development of secondary characteristics of desired sex, while endogenous hormone production is inhibited.Aims and design: To study early impact of cross-sex steroids on body composition, metabolic profile and pro-inflammatory parameters in young transgender persons before and after 12 months of gender-aff...

Background: Familial chylomicronaemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare, inherited disorder characterised by impaired clearance of triglyceride (TG)-rich lipoproteins from plasma, leading to severe hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG), which have major effects on both physical and mental health, and a markedly increased risk of acute pancreatitis. A large overlap in the phenotype between FCS and multifactorial chylomicronaemia syndrome (MCS) contributes to the inconsistency in how patients are ...