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ey0017.9-6 | Fertility-Related Issues | ESPEYB17

9.6. Assessment of ovarian function in adolescents and young adults after childhood cancer treatment-How accurate are young adult/parent proxy-reported outcomes?

SA George , R Williamson Lewis , L McKenzie , B Cherven , BC Patterson , KE Effinger , AC Mertens , LR Meacham

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;66(12):e27981. sgeorg4@emory.eduThis cross-sectional study tested the concordance between young adult (or parent proxy)-reported premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and biochemical evidence of POI, defined as FSH ≥40 mIU/ml, in 182 childhood cancer survivors (CCS) who had received gonadotoxic therapy. Reported POI was defined as the survivor taki...

ey0021.15-8 | New Concerns | ESPEYB21

15.8. Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings

A Mertens , J Benjamin-Chung , JM, Jr. Colford , J Coyle , MJ van der Laan , AE Hubbard , S Rosete , I Malenica , N Hejazi , O Sofrygin , W Cai , H Li , A Nguyen , NN Pokpongkiat , S Djajadi , A Seth , E Jung , EO Chung , W Jilek , V Subramoney , R Hafen , J Haggstrom , T Norman , KH Brown , P Christian , BF Arnold , The Ki Child Growth Consortium.

In Brief: The authors perform a population intervention effects analysis of 33 longitudinal cohorts (total 83 671 children, 662 763 measurements), from 15 low- and middle-income counties (LMICs). They estimate that improving maternal anthropometry and child condition at birth would increase population mean length-for-age z-scores by up to 0.40 and weight-for-length z -scores by up to 0.15 by 24 months of age.This is 1 of 3 full articles publishe...