ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.6-4 | New Functions of (Old) Genes | ESPEYB16

6.4. Essential role of BRCA2 in ovarian development and function

A Weinberg-Shukron , M Rachmiel , P Renbaum , S Gulsuner , T Walsh , O Lobel , A Dreifuss , A Ben-Moshe , S Zeligson , R Segel , T Shore , R Kalifa , M Goldberg , MC King , O Gerlitz , E Levy-Lahad , D Zangen

N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 13;379(11):1042–1049.doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800024. PMID: 30207912This case report describes two sisters with 46,XX karyotype and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism – i.e. ovarian dysgenesis. They had normal general development and normal cognition. With estrogen replacement they developed normal sex characteristics and reached their target he...

ey0016.10-15 | (1) | ESPEYB16

10.15. Increased prevalence of disordered eating in the dual diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus and celiac disease

I Tokatly Latzer , M Rachmiel , N Zuckerman Levin , K Mazor-Aronovitch , Z Landau , RF Ben-David , C GrafBar-El , N Gruber , N Levek , B Weiss , D Stein , L Lerner-Geva , O Pinhas-Hamiel

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2018;19:749–755.Disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) may lead to full blown eating disorders and these might impair patients’ adherence to chronic disease management. Both type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and celiac disease (CD) are associated with DEBs. Adolescents with T1D and eating disorders have worse metabolic control and a higher...

ey0017.8-10 | New Hope | ESPEYB17

8.10. Combined gestational age- and birth weight-adjusted cutoffs for newborn screening of congenital adrenal hyperplasia

N Pode-Shakked , A Blau , B Pode-Shakked , D Tiosano , N Weintrob , O Eyal , A Zung , F Levy-Khademi , Y Tenenbaum-Rakover , D Zangen , D Gillis , O Pinhas-Hamiel , N Loewenthal , L de Vries , Z Landau , M Rachmiel , A Abu-Libdeh , A Eliakim , D Strich , I Koren , A German , J Sack , S Almashanu

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019; 104(8): 3172–3180. PMID: 30865229.Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency was among the first genetic disorders included in newborn screening (NBS) programs worldwide, based on 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) concentrations determined in dried blood spots (1). However, the success of NBS for...