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ey0015.3-7 | Congenital hypothyroidism | ESPEYB15

3.7 Mean high-dose L-thyroxine treatment is efficient and safe to achieve a normal IQ in young adult patients with congenital hypothyroidism

PE Aleksander , M Bruckner-Spieler , AM Stoehr , E Lankes , P Kuhnen , D Schnabel , A Ernert , W Stablein , ME Craig , O Blankenstein , A Gruters , H Krude

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018;103:1459-1469The ESPE guidelines on CH recommend an initial LT4 dose of 10-15 microgram/kg per day1. Infants with severe CH, defined by a very low pretreatment TT4 or FT4 concentration, should be treated with the highest initial dose. However, little is known about long-term effects on developmental and...

ey0015.11-7 | New Developments in Monogenic Obesity | ESPEYB15

11.7 MC4R agonism promotes durable weight loss in patients with leptin receptor deficiency

K Clément , H Biebermann , IS Farooqi , L Van der Ploeg , B Wolters , C Poitou , L Puder , F Fiedorek , K Gottesdiener , G Kleinau , N Heyder , P Scheerer , U Blume-Peytavi , I Jahnke , S Sharma , J Mokrosinski , S Wiegand , A Müller , K Weiß , K Mai , J Spranger , A Grüters , O Blankenstein , H Krude , P Kühnen

To read the full abstract: Nat Med 2018, May;24(5):551-555[Comments on 1.1, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7] All four here presented articles have monogenic obesity as their theme. While patients with monogenic obesity are rare, these individuals bear a heavy disease burden. Furthermore, these...