ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief Summary: This retrospective study of 123 Danish girls treated with GnRHa for idiopathic central precocious puberty (CPP) shows that GnRH agonists do not impact body mass index during and after cessation of treatment.The use of GnRH agonists (GnRHa) for treatment of girls with CPP is well established but the potential long term effects of GnRHa remain a matter of debate, especially regarding their impact on weight evolution1,2.<p clas...

Short summary: This study examined ex vivo the function of the sperm-specific CatSper-channel in almost 2300 men undergoing investigation for infertility. In 9 infertile men with normal semen analysis but pathologic sperm motility, biallelic variants in genes forming the CatSper-channel were found, either in CATSPER2 or CATSPERE. These men and their partners failed to conceive naturally and medically assisted reproduction (MAR) was successful only via intracytoplasmic...