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ey0021.14-12 | Risk and Outcome | ESPEYB21

14.12. Discriminatory value of steroid hormones on polycystic ovary syndrome and clustering of hyperandrogenism and metabolic factors

Wang Zheng , Van Faassen Martijn , Groen Henk , Cantineau Astrid E.P. , Van Oers Anne , Van der Veen Anna , Hawley James M. , Keevil Brian G. , Kema Ido P. , Hoek Annemieke

Brief Summary:This study tested the discriminatory role of 11-oxygenated androgens to diagnose PCOS in women with obesity, and with ( n =132) or without ( n =83) PCOS. No discriminatory role was found. Instead, insulin resistance, blood pressure, obesity and androgens were the principal components characterizing obese PCOS, while no major characteristic finding defined obese non-PCOS women.Numerous studies have addressed the mechanism o...

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ey0017.2-3 | Neonatal Hypoglycaemia | ESPEYB17

2.3. Lower versus traditional treatment threshold for neonatal hypoglycemia

AAMW van Kempen , PF Eskes , DHGM1 Nuytemans , JH van der Lee , LM Dijksman , NR van Veenendaal , FJPCM van der Hulst , RMJ Moonen , LJI Zimmermann , EP van’t Verlaat , Baal M van Dongen-van , BA Semmekrot , HG Stas , RHT van Beek , JJ Vlietman , PH Dijk , JUM Termote , RCJ de Jonge , AC de Mol , MWA Huysman , JH Kok , M Offringa , N; HypoEXIT Study Group Boluyt

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 6;382(6):534544. PMID: 32023373Neonatal hypoglycaemia is one of the most common biochemical findings in the newborn period and is an important cause of brain injury. However, despite being so common there is no consensus regarding the glucose threshold concentration at which treatment for asymptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia sho...

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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

14.12. Discriminatory value of steroid hormones on polycystic ovary syndrome and clustering of hyperandrogenism and metabolic factors

2.3. Lower versus traditional treatment threshold for neonatal hypoglycemia

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