IMPE Abstracts

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the trabecular bone scores (TBSs) of 35 patients (11 children and 24 adults) with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) confirmed by PHEX mutations and non-XLH subjects from a tertiary center.Materials and Methods: The areal bone mineral density at the lumbar spine (LS-aBMD) and LS-aBMD Z score were analyzed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The bone miner...

Introduction: One of the pillars of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) treatment is nutritional management with carbohydrate counting (CC), which requires constant control of food consumed, learning mathematical reasoning, or using mobile apps to calculate the amount of insulin administered before meals. CC can be hampered by Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), characterized in childhood by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention.</p...

Introduction: the existing literature does not elucidate the influence of food intake on anthropometric changes during treatment with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogs in girls with central precocious puberty (CPP) in girls.Aim: to assess the nutritional status and food consumption of Brazilian girls diagnosed with CPP in treatment with leuprolide acetate during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Introduction: Ring chromosome 17 syndrome has a variable phenotype depending on the number of genes lost, gene regulation, and mosaicism degree.Case Report: Scholar, male, presents typical ring chromosome 17 syndrome characteristics, without Miller-Dicker’s critical region involvement, with short stature, moderate left conductive deafness, left kidney hypoplasia, seizures, abdomen malformations, that was confirmed ...

Objective: To describe the etiologicals characteristics of a group of patients with Sexual Differentiation Disorders (DSD) in follow-up at the pediatric endocrinology service of a tertiary hospital. METHODOLOGY: a cross-sectional study with retrospective analysis of medical records from January/2017 to November/2021, diagnosed with DDS, according to the 2006 Chicago Consensus criteria. RESULTS: 219 patients were evaluate, and their mean age was 12 (&pm; 7.1) y...