Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society Scientific Meeting
November 1-4 2006, Pattaya, Thailand

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Scientific Programme
The 4th Biennial Scientific Meeting Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society 2006
Wednesday 1 November 2006
Time\Room GRAND BALLROOM ORCHID HALL A
16:00-16:30 Formal Opening  
16:30-17:30 Plenary Lecture I,  
  Chairperson : Kitti Angsusingha (Thailand)  
  Identification and management of type 1 prediabetes  
  NK Maclaren (USA)   
18:00-19:30 Welcome reception at Siam Ballroom A&B
Thursday 2 November 2006
Time\Room GRAND BALLROOM ORCHID HALL A
08:15-08:30 Awarding of life memberships  
  Chris Cowell (Australia), President of APPES  
08:30-09:30 Plenary Lecture II, Presidential Plenary  
  Chairperson : Chris Cowell (Australia)  
  Assessment and management of non-growth hormone deficient short stature  
  JM Wit (The Netherlands)  
09:30-11:00 Symposium I, Diabetes Mellitus :   
  Chairpersons: Cathy Choong (Australia), Nalini Shah (India)  
09:30-10:00 The features and management of the metabolic syndrome in childhood   
  NK Maclaren (USA)  
10:00-10:30 Assessment of glycaemic control in children  
  G Ambler (Australia)   
10:30-11:00 Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus  
  A Imagawa (Japan)   
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION AREA
11:30-12:30 Oral Session I : Kaichi Kida Oral Session :  
  Chairpersons: Louis Low (China), Palagny Raghupathy (India)  
11:30-11:42 Decreased androgen receptor gene methylation in premature pubarche: a novel pathogenetic mechanism?  
  Sergio Bernasconi (Italy)  
11:42-11:54 Enhanced insulin sensitivity is a characteristic of prepubertal children with constitutional delay of growth and development  
  Wayne Cutfield (New Zealand)  
11:54-12:06 Onset of activation of the pituitary-adrenal axis during human development and its potential effects on sexual differentiation   
  Masahiro Goto (Japan)  
12:06-12:18 Alternative methods of assessing hydrocortisone replacement in children and adolescents with hypopituitarism  
  Ann Maguire (Australia)  
12:18-12:30 Molecular and phenotypic features of Korean patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia  
  Jung Hyun Lee (Korea)  
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:00 Symposium II, Regional Challenges :  
  Chairpersons: Lorna Abad (Philippines), Chanika Tuchinda (Thailand)  
13:30-14:00 Severe obesity and the metabolic syndrome: a global perspective  
  L Baur (Australia)  
14:00-14:30 Access to diagnostics and therapeutics in the developing world  
  S Chan-Cua (Philippines)  
14:30-15:00 Malnutrition and diabetes mellitus  
  A Kanunga (India)  
15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION AREA
15:30-16-30 Oral Session IIA : Diabetes Oral Session : Oral Session IIB : Growth/Bone Oral Session :
  Chairpersons: Geoff Ambler (Australia), Fatima Harun (Malaysia) Chairpersons: Pat Mahachoklertwattana (Thailand), Reiko Horikawa (Japan)
15:30-15:42 Hyperinsulinism, molecular genetic analysis for KCNJ11 and ABCC8 promotor variants in congenital hyperinsulinism Prematurely born children are short and lean 
  Klaus Brusgaard (Denmark) Wayne Cutfield (New Zealand)
15:42-15:54 Sulfonylurea therapy in two Korean patients with insulin treated neonatal diabetes due to mutation of KCNJ11 gene encoding the KIR6.2 Intravenous administration of pamidronate decreases serum levels of FGF23 as well as calcium and phosphate
  Min Sun Kim (Korea) Kitaoka Taichi (Japan)
15:54-16:06 The value of oral glucose tolerance test in diagnosing type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance: 5 years experience Inhibition of insulin receptor activation by proteolytic insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 fragment in the serum of the patients with simple obesity
  Stewart Birt (Australia) Sun Woo Lee (Korea)
16:06-16:18 Three-dose aspart regime (premixed-regular-premixed) is safer and more effective than conventional bolus-basal regime in schoolgoing children  Final adult height of patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hematological disorders during childhood
  Sanjay Kalra (India) June Bum Kim (Korea)
16:18-16:30 No mutations in uncoupling protein-2 in a large series of genetically unexplained congenital hyperinsulinism Improvement of cortical bone density in children and adolescents with hyperthyroidism treated with anti-thyroid medication
  Henrik T Christesen (Denmark) Nawaporn Numbenjapon (Thailand)
16:30-17:00 Management Session I Management Session II
  Investigation and treatment of childhood osteoporosis Management of puberty: induction and ongoing care
  C Munns (Australia) M Zacharin (Australia)
17:00-18:30 Pfizer Endocrine Care Satellite Meeting "New Directions in Growth Hormone Treatment"   
  Chairpersons: Hartmut Wollmann (Germany), Suttipong Wacharasindhu (Thailand)  
  GHD: a state of the art after 20 years of recombinant GH therapy  
  Chris Cowell (Australia)  
  Short children born SGA: Recommendations for management  
  Wayne Cutfield (New Zealand)  
  GH treatment in Prader-Willi syndrome: New data on efficacy and safety  
  B Hauffa (Germany)  
Friday 3 November 2006
Time\Room GRAND BALLROOM ORCHID HALL A
08:30-09:30 Symposium III, Hot Hormones :   
  Chairpersons: Wayne Cutfield (New Zealand), Jeh Hoon Shin (Korea)  
08:30-09:00 Does C-type natriuretic peptide regulate growth?  
  E Espiner (New Zealand)   
09:00-09:30 Kisspeptin-a critical switch for puberty?  
  A Herbison (New Zealand)  
09:30-11:00 Symposium IV, Growth :  
  Chairpersons: Keiichi Ozono (Japan), Meena Desai (India)