Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyperandrogenism in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is associated with virilisation in female patients and subfertility in both male and female patients. However, little is known regarding the association of hyperandrogenaemia with polycythaemia. We evaluate the association between the adrenal hormone profile and haematocrit (HCT)/haemoglobin (Hb) in a cohort of patients with classical CAH.Methods: Single centre retrospective analysis of...

Background: Autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD) is a rare endocrinopathy arising from a complex interplay between multiple genetic susceptibility polymorphisms and environmental factors. Several variants in immune pathways have been identified through hypothesis-driven candidate gene analysis, though these associations can prove difficult to replicate. The first genome wide association study (GWAS) with patients from Scandinavian Addison’s registries identified associ...