Endocrine Abstracts

To improve the clinical management of children with disorders of sex development (DSD), there is a need for multi-centre collaborative research as well as clinical interaction. The European DSD Register that became operational in 2008 is a cornerstone of the EuroDSD programme and allows clinicians and researchers to interact in a secure, internet-based, virtual research environment (VRE).Currently, 23 centres in 16 countries from four continents have exp...

Introduction: EURO-WABB is a European research project within the field of rare diabetes diseases. The general objective is to support efficient diagnosis, treatment and research for the overlapping rare genetic diseases Wolfram, Alstrom and Bardet-Biedl (WABB) syndromes.Methods: The project is supported by the EU DG-SANCO by the collaboration of 8 Associated Partners (AP) and 15 Collaborating Partners. University of Birmingham work as the Project Leader...