A case of primary hydatidosis of the thyroid gland.

abstract：:Previous studies have shown a significant but weak correlation between speed of sound (SOS) and broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) in bone, and densitometric bone measurements. These findings indicate that these techniques reflect different properties of bone. We measured SOS and BUA in the os calcis (Achilles, Lu...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Agnusdei D,Cepollaro C,Camporeale A,Gennari C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World population is facing a health challenge never seen since the Spanish influenza of one hundred years ago. During the last months, the scientific community has been debating on the potential harmful effect of Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or Angiotensin II receptor Type 1 receptor blockers (A...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Luzi L,Bucciarelli L,Ferrulli A,Terruzzi I,Massarini S

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) is a rare disease characterized by delayed/absent puberty and infertility due to an inadequate secretion or action of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH), with an otherwise structurally and functionally normal hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. CHH is genetical...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Vezzoli V,Duminuco P,Bassi I,Guizzardi F,Persani L,Bonomi M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical hypothyroidism - i.e., a condition characterized by serum TSH concentrations above the normal reference range in the presence of normal serum T4 levels - affects 4 to 20% of the population living in iodine-sufficient areas. The present work reviews the clinical challenges regarding, on the one hand, the si...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Chbat J,Ezzat S,Papi G

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term effectiveness and safety of liraglutide in real world. METHODS:A diabetes clinic in Italy systematically collected data of all patients treated with liraglutide. Generalized hierarchical linear regression models for repeated measures were applied to assess tre...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Ponzani P,Scardapane M,Nicolucci A,Rossi MC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The efficacy of low and high fixed dose radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy in patients with toxic nodular goiter was investigated. METHODS:Ninety-three patients (25 males, 68 females) were included into the study (32 patients with toxic adenoma, 61 patients with toxic multinodular goiter). Patients were treated with...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Sonmez B,Erem C,Dogan I,Ersoz HO,Sonmez M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of GH treatment in subjects with a GH deficiency has led to contrasting results concerning its impact to develop thyroid hyperfunction, whereas many others have underlined the possible onset of hypothyroidism. A number of studies have been carried out over short periods in subjects with multiple tropin deficie...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Sacco V,Maioli A,Citro G,Galasso R,Vinci ML,Zampino A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversies surround the view that the blood-bone ionic equilibrium is controlled by ionic changes at a so called "bone membrane" that display a pump-leak mechanism able to maintain a concentration gradient for chloride in addition to that for calcium, sodium and potassium. On the other hand it is known that a chlor...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Rubinacci A,Boniforti F,De Ponti A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid hormones mediate pleiotropic cellular processes involved in metabolism, cellular proliferation, and differentiation. The ability of the cell to respond to its hormonal environment is transduced by nuclear receptors (NRs) that bind both hormone and DNA. Hence, NRs represent a link between the external hormonal ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Amanatullah DF,Zafonte BT,Pestell RG

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1; formerly known as Wermer syndrome) is a rare disorder characterized by the combined occurrence of two or more tumors involving parathyroid, pancreatic islets and anterior pituitary glands; some other tumors have also been described. In most cases it is inherited in an autosom...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Gaztambide S,Vazquez F,Castaño L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the second most frequent type of cancer worldwide and the most commonly occurring malignancy in women, and its incidence is increasing in most developed and developing countries. There is growing evidence that lifestyle factors, in particular diet may be associated with higher Breast Cancer risk. Some...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Laudisio D,Castellucci B,Barrea L,Pugliese G,Savastano S,Colao A,Muscogiuri G

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial non-medullary thyroid cancer (FNMTC) constitutes 3-9% of all thyroid cancers and occur in two or more first-degree relatives in the absence of predisposing environmental factors. Out of all FNMTC cases, only 5% are represented by syndromic forms (Gardner's syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis, Cowden's sy...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Cirello V

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic disorders of carbohydrate metabolism in which glucose is underutilized, resulting in hyperglycemia. Reproductive impairment in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) results from a combined effect of insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia that disrupt the functio...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Pertynska-Marczewska M,Cypryk K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Various factors, both modifiable and non-modifiable, interact with the homocysteine metabolism and determine the plasma homocysteine concentrations. These include genetic abnormalities, age, sex and various nutritional and hormonal dete...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Asnani S,Desouza C,Homan J,Murthy SN,McNamara DB,Fonseca V

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder with well-established metabolic abnormalities. In the present study, untargeted metabolomics technology was applied to analyze the serum and follicular fluid samples from women with polycystic ovary syndrome and healthy controls using 1H nuclea...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Xu WL,Liu GY,Zhang N,Ren J,Li XY,Li YQ,Chen Y,Liu JY

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare aggressive tumor arising from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland (as does well differentiated thyroid cancer, WDTC), but ATC cells do not retain any of the biological features of the original follicular cells, such as uptake of iodine and synthesis of thyroglo...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Chiacchio S,Lorenzoni A,Boni G,Rubello D,Elisei R,Mariani G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of weight in obese patients, both hypertensive and normotensive, causes a fall in blood pressure (BP) through a mechanism which is still not fully understood. The effects of a low-sodium low-energy diet on BP were assessed in 20 obese subjects (15 M and 5 F; age 26-65 years), 11 of whom were normotensive and 9 hy...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： De Simone G,Mancini M,Turco S,Marotta T,Gaeta I,Iannuzzi R,Ferrara LA,Mancini M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many hormones and some neuropeptides and neurotransmitters play a key role in regulating numerous lymphoid cell functions. In particular, somatostatin (ss), substance P (sp) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (vip) appear to be involved in numerous regulating mechanisms of cell activities in the immune system under...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Ferone D,Lombardi G,Colao A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyponatremia is common in neurosurgical patients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite significant research efforts to date, we still lack a complete understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying hyponatremia in this patient setting. The purpose of this narrative review is...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Kirkman MA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of islet cell autoantibodies (ICA), and especially of glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GAD65Ab), in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus identifies the so-called latent autoimmune diabetes in the adult (LADA). LADA patients have an increased risk for developing insulin deficien...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Falorni A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As it's well known from the clinic, human syndromes depending on pituitary GH, ACTH and PRL secreting tumors are associated with alteration of glucose homeostasis. There is an hypothetical but convincing explanation for this, based on a number of concrete observations and experiments. The main mechanism for glucose in...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Blasi C,Grossi A,Tamburrano G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex steroids are essential for reproduction and development in animals and humans, and sex steroids also play an important role in neuroprotection following brain injury. New data indicate that sex-specific responses to brain injury occur at the cellular and molecular levels. This review summarizes the current underst...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Liu M,Kelley MH,Herson PS,Hurn PD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The surgical approach to Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC) is controversial. Aim of this study is to evaluate the opportunity of total thyroidectomy as treatment of choice for DTC in children. METHODS:We examined the tumor features at diagnosis, the complications of surgery and the clinical outcome in ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Iurato MP,Scollo C,Belfiore A,Pellegriti G,Salice P,Pezzino V,Giuffrida D

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the developed world and its pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial. It is considered the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and is the leading cause of hepatic cirrhosis. This review aims to present current knowledge on the ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Papanastasiou L,Fountoulakis S,Vatalas IA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's syndrome is a serious endocrine condition for which no treatment has been proven fully satisfactory at least for its pituitary dependent form (Cushing's disease). Indeed, despite some advances in pharmacology (cyproheptadine, bromocriptine, lisuride) and in surgical and radiation procedures at pituitary leve...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Mantero F,Sonino N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal scintigraphy using 131I-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol or 6-methyl-75Se-methyl-19-norcholesterol is a function-dependent imaging method which, in association with high-resolution spatial imaging techniques, plays an essential role in the study of adrenocortical hyperfunction. It can distinguish between bi...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Gregianin M,Bui F,Varotto L,Zucchetta P,Macri C

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) or posttransplant diabetes mellitus is a frequent metabolic complication of organ transplantation. Diabetes incidence rates among transplant recipients are higher than in the general population. The estimated rates are 9-18% after kidney, 20-33% after liver, 26-40% afte...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Gosmanov AR,Dagogo-Jack S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild hypothyroidism (thyroid stimulating hormone [TSH] less than 10 mIU/L) induces reversible cognitive dysfunction, which can be evaluated by event related potentials (ERP). So far, only little is known about the impact of subclinical hypothyroidism on ERP as electrophysiological markers of cognitive activi...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Dejanović M,Ivetić V,Nestorović V,Milanović Z,Erić M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle biopsy (FNB) and intraoperative frozen-section biopsy (FS) regarding the surgical management of thyroid nodules. METHODS:A total of 812 patients with solitary nodule or dominant nodule in a multinodular goiter were evaluated. The pa...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Morosini PP,Mancini V,Filipponi S,Taccaliti A,Ferretti M,Gusella P,Vecchi A,Fianchini A,Fabris G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desire to reproduce is a base human instinct. However, for many individuals, the chances of being able to have a genetic child are compromised by a number of factors. For some, therapies aimed at treating serious medical illness, such as cancer; result in a deleterious impact on the function of eggs and sperm in t...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Brezina PR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00