Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Childhood-onset hypopituitarism is an uncommon yet increasingly diagnosed disorder. As endocrinologists, we generally deal with the complexities of hormonal replacement and, when required, follow these patients to detect tumor recurrences. However, some causes of childhood- onset-hypopituitarism have comorbidities which can significantly increase morbi-mortality. We present the case of a 21-year-old girl who was diagnosed with ROHHAD syndrome.<p class="abstex...

Introduction: Thyroid autoimmunity is related to iodine supply. Iodine nutrition has improved in our country, but the prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in our children is unknown.Objectives: To determine the status of iodine nutrition in children and adolescents in our city. To calculate local prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity and autoimmune thyroiditis in pediatric ages.Design: Cross-sectional epidemiological study.<p clas...

Objectives: Examine the relationship between choroidal thickness (CT) and renal function tests.Methods: Cross-sectional study with 42 eyes of 21 ocular treatment-naïve diabetic patients. Demographic and ocular data were analyzed as well as the following renal function tests: microalbuminuria, microalbumin/creatinine ratio and glomerular filtration rate (CKD-EPI and MDRD-4). Choroidal thickness was measured by swept-source ocular coherence tomography...