During ESPE 2019 in Vienna, medwireNews reported on original research and symposium discussions covering a wide range of topics including the management of Turner syndrome in adolescents and young adults, the dynamics of childhood obesity, e-reporting of rare endocrine conditions, genetic disorders of growth, the importance of sleep, and novel monogenic forms of autoimmune diabetes.
ESPE 2019 news reports
Day One: Sleep quality must be taken seriously
A plenary session at the 58th Annual ESPE Meeting in Vienna, Austria, has highlighted how wide-ranging the risks associated with sleep and circadian rhythm disruption are.
Day One: Key management points for young women with Turner syndrome described
Oestrogen is key to the management of adolescents and young women with Turner syndrome, with hormone replacement therapy generally preferable to the contraceptive pill, delegates were told at the 58th Annual ESPE Meeting in Vienna, Austria.
Day Two: Growth and growth factor research highlights presented at ESPE 2019
Growth hormone therapy in young children with Prader-Willi syndrome, genes linked to isolated short stature, and the role of insulin-like growth factor -2 in autoimmune disease are the subjects of three papers included in the 2019 Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology.
Day Two: New classification system proposed for idiopathic short stature
The genetic causes of short stature are highly heterogenous and a new classification system for these children is needed, delegates were told at the 58th Annual ESPE Meeting in Vienna, Austria.
Day Three: Gigantism: The importance of FIPA, AIP mutations and X-LAG
Recent developments in the field of pituitary gigantism, including the discovery of a new syndrome and genes related to this syndrome, were presented in a plenary session at the 58th Annual ESPE Meeting in Vienna, Austria.
Day Three: Diabetes genetic risk score aids discovery of novel monogenic subtypes
The type 1 diabetes genetic risk score differentiates between patients with monogenic and polygenic autoimmune diabetes and can thus be used to aid the discovery of novel genes associated with the monogenic form.
Video interviews
Interview with Professor Ken Ong
Ken Ong discusses his highlights from the Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology
Interview with Dr Salma Ali
Salma Rashid Ali summarises EuRRECa (European Registries for Rare Endocrine Conditions) – a new project that combines a core endocrine registry with an e-reporting programme for rare endocrine conditions.
Interview with Professor Antje Körner
Professor Antje Körner talks about the dynamics of obesity in childhood and what research needs to be done to tackle the problem.
Interview with Professor Martine Cools
Professor Martine Cools discusses the importance of using a holistic approach in the management of children with disorders of sexual development (DSD).
Interview with Professor Tadej Battelino
Diabetes specialist Tadej Battelino gives his highlights of ESPE 2019.
Interview with Kate Davies & Rebecca Broadbent
Nurses Kate Davies and Rebecca Broadbent talk through their ESPE 2019 highlights.