Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: X-linked hypoparathyroidism is an extremely rare disease, so far described in only two multigenerational kindreds. In US, who later on the genetic testing were found to be interrelated. W describe X-linked congenital hypoparathyroidism in a family from India.Case report: Case 1 presented with hypocalcaemic non-febrile generalised tonic clonic seizures at 16 months of age. Seizures controlled after hypocalcaemia correction. He was put on T. ...

Introduction: DHEAS is weak androgen with specific role in human physiology illdefined. Various studies have implicated role of DHEAS in autoimmune arthritis including SLE and RA. Recently EULAR consensus statement has approved CSA (clinically significant arthralgia) for incipient RA.Methods and material: 34 follow up patients of primary hypothyroidism rated their symptom score on CSA (clinically suspect arthralgia) as given by EULAR(1) Their DHEAS level...