Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Increased fibrinogen levels have been reported in prepubertal children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), which were reduced after rhGH treatment. rhGH treatment has also been shown to exert a beneficial effect on the amount of aPAI-1 in children with GHD.Aim: Of the study was to evaluate whether prepubertal GH deficient (GHD) children showed any impairment in coagulation- and fibrinolysis-related parameters and the effect ...

Aim: To evaluate whether anthropometric indices and acanthosis nigricans can be useful markers for early detection of Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in overweight and obese children.Methods: Data from 510 prepubertal children (40% boys), 12.9% overweight and 87.1% obese with mean age 9.7±2.5 years were analyzed. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate which factors were associated with HOMA-IR >3 and metabolic synd...

In true precocious puberty, the increased gonadal steroid secretion increases height velocity, somatic and psychosocial development, and the rate of skeletal maturation and can lead to short adult height. The aim is to assess the impact of suppression therapy of CPP with triptorelin on final adult height and the timing of menarche and pattern of menstrual cycle post-treatment.Materials and methods: Nineteen girls, with CPP, which had completed at least t...

Aim: To assess factors affecting HV during triptorelin suppression treatment for CPP.Materials and methods: Forty-six girls with CPP, with mean age at diagnosis 8.4 yrs who presented with signs and symptoms of puberty before the age of 8 years and were treated with triptorelin for at least 2 years, were studied. All girls were categorized into three groups according to the difference between bone age (BA) and chronological age (ΔBA-CA): group I with...

IntroductionShort stature (SS) assessment includes the documentation of growth hormone (GH) secretion via GH stimulation tests.ObjectivesTo study retrospectively GH stimulation test results among Greek children with SS and investigate differences among GH deficient (GHD) children vs idiopathic short stature (ISS).MethodsData were collected retrospectively from 190...

Aim: The Genetics and Neuroendocrinology of Short Stature International Study (GeNeSIS) is an open-label multinational observational study which collects information on management, clinical outcomes and treatment safety of children with growth disorders. Here we present descriptive data from the Greek cohort.Methods and results: In Greece, 211 children (44.5% females, 136 naive to GH treatment at study entry and 18 not GH-treated) have been enrolled, aft...