PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE: 62nd Annual ESPE Meeting, 16-18 November, Liverpool, UK

The 62nd Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) will take place 16-18 November in Liverpool, England.

The Endo-ERN project office will attend and host a booth and a symposium. If your institution is a member and you are attending ESPE please complete this survey.

 

Endo-ERN symposium Sunday, 17 November 1430-1600

Location: Hall 3

Chaired by Olaf Hiort, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck, Germany

Future of Registers for Rare Disease: the example e-REC, Erica van den Akker, Erasmus MC Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Genetic testing in DSD or rare forms of adrenal insufficiency– what is the relevance for therapeutic decisions? John Achermann, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK

Presentation now available for download

Key points of the presentation

The patient perspective on new treatment options for hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, Neil Smith, patient representative, UK Presentation now available for download.

Key points of the presentation:

• Early diagnosis and treatment of the condition can help with the patient journey, especially psychologically.
• The condition is not the same as self correcting delayed puberty. It can be difficult to distinguish between being a “late bloomer” and a case of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, investigation by a reproductive endocrinologist before if puberty has not started by the age of 15 in females or 16 in males.
• There are different treatment options available for teenage patients in the form of gonadotropin therapy that have the potential to help with future fertility treatment and help with the self image and psychosexual wellbeing of patients.