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ey0017.13-8 | Diabetes | ESPEYB17

13.8. Diabetic microvascular complications among children and adolescents in northwestern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

D Msanga , K Reis , N Kayange , R Bakalemwa , B Kidenya , D Hau , C Mwanansao , D Mahamba , S Ottaru , E Kwiyolecha , R Peck

To read the full abstract: Annals of Global Health. 2020; 86(1): 43, 1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2669• The authors assessed the prevalence of diabetic microvascular complications in 155 children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes in northwestern Tanzania.• They observed poor diabetes control in 69% of the patients and a high rate of diabetic nephropathy (32.9%), retin...

ey0015.4-10 | New perspectives | ESPEYB15

4.10 Genetic screening confirms heterozygous mutations in ACAN as a major cause of idiopathic short stature

NN Hauer , H Sticht , S Boppudi , C Büttner , C Kraus , U Trautmann , M Zenker , C Zweier , A Wiesener , RA Jamra , D Wieczorek , J Kelkel , AM Jung , S Uebe , AB Ekici , T Rohrer , A Reis , HG Dörr , CT. Thiel

To read the full abstract: Sci Rep 2017; 22(7):12225The GH/IGF1 axis has historically been considered the most relevant regulator of growth. However, defects in the GH/IGF1 axis can be identified only in a minority of children with short stature. Human growth is dependent on chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophy as well as structure and function of extracellular matrix in the gro...