Increased IGF-I : IGFBP-3 ratio in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

abstract：:The HLA-A and -B antigen distribution in 132 Hong Kong Chinese patients with Graves' disease, including 24 with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, was compared with that in 110 controls. The HLA-DR antigen distribution in 68 patients was compared with that in 47 controls. The prevalence of Bw46 was significantly increased...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hawkins BR,Ma JT,Lam KS,Wang CC,Yeung RT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the possible influence of GABAergic neurotransmission on the arginine vasopressin (AVP) response to osmotic and pressure volumetric stimuli, the GABAergic drug sodium valproate was administered by mouth (200 or 400 mg 16 h, 8 h and just before tests) to eight normal men before osmotic (i.v. infusi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chiodera P,Gnudi A,Volpi R,Marchesi C,Marchesi M,Davoli D,Capretti L,Coiro V

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) varies widely. In the light of recent changes in treatment regimens, we have reassessed the prevalence of these risk factors in our current cohort of patients with CAH due to P450c21 deficiency. METHODS:A retrospective cros...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Subbarayan A,Dattani MT,Peters CJ,Hindmarsh PC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We postulated the mechanism for the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and insulin sensitivity might relate to changes in blood flow regulation. We studied the association of this polymorphism with insulin action, and insulin-mediated changes in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Foo M,Coppack SW,Denver AE,Bulmer K,Yudkin JS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES:Postnatal depression correlates with postpartum weight retention, and dysregulated cortisol metabolism is evident in depressed individuals. Cortisol metabolism, BMI and metabolic phenotype are robustly associated, but the role of cortisol metabolism in postnatal mental health and weight loss has...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rogers SL,Hughes BA,Tomlinson JW,Blissett J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Disturbances in thyroid function have been described in small-for-gestational age (SGA) children but the influence of prematurity is unclear. In addition, the effect of GH treatment on thyroid function has not been studied in short SGA children. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether short SGA children have higher TS...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： de Kort SW,Willemsen RH,van der Kaay DC,van Dijk M,Visser TJ,Hokken-Koelega AC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a dominantly inherited syndrome of reduced tissue responsiveness to thyroid hormone usually due to mutations located in the ligand-binding domain and adjacent hinge region of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRbeta). In the present report we describe the clinical and l...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Magalhães PK,Rodrigues Dare GL,Rodrigues Dos Santos S,Nogueira CR,de Castro M,Zanini Maciel LM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mutations in the GH releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) have recently been shown to cause autosomal recessive isolated GH deficiency (IGHD). Patients who are homozygous for GHRH-R mutations have a subnormal GH response to pharmacological agents that stimulate GH secretion and an appropriate response to exogen...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Salvatori R,Fan X,Phillips JA 3rd,Prince M,Levine MA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic alterations in four oncogenes, namely RAS point mutations, RET rearrangements (RET/PTC), NTRK1 rearrangements (TRK) and BRAF point mutations have been identified in human papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). These oncogenes act along the RET/PTC(TRK)-RAS-BRAF-MEK-MAPK kinase pathway, mediating a numbe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Liu RT,Chen YJ,Chou FF,Li CL,Wu WL,Tsai PC,Huang CC,Cheng JT

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven healthy females referred for legal abortion between the sixth and ninth week of pregnancy were treated for 1 week with either bromocriptine, metoclopramide or placebo. Serum prolactin was significantly (P < 0.01) elevated by metoclopramide and suppressed by bromocriptine. Despite a more than tenfold diffe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Andersen AN,Hertz J,Kjer JJ,Eskildsen PC,Larsen PS,Svenstrup B,Nielsen J,Arends J

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Adrenocortical tumours in man are characterized mainly on biochemical, anatomical and histological grounds which establish their secretory pattern and, with some uncertainty, their benign or malignant nature. To study further these tumours and eventually to shed some light on their pathogenesis, we determine...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Gicquel C,Leblond-Francillard M,Bertagna X,Louvel A,Chapuis Y,Luton JP,Girard F,Le Bouc Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Testosterone replacement is generally considered likely to be required only at testicular radiation doses in excess of 20Gy. Long-term data are not available for patients receiving 9-14.4Gy as part of Total Body Irradiation in childhood. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. DATA COLLECTION:notes review, labor...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Taneja S,Rao A,Nussey S,Leiper A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus (FNDI) is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome stemming from the absence of arginine vasopressin (AVP). More than thirty-five different germline mutations in the arginine vasopressin-neurophysin II gene have been reported. These mutations are either in the signal peptide or s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Boson WL,Sarubi JC,d'Alva CB,Friedman E,Faria D,De Marco L,Wajchenberg B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new model has been established for the perfused in situ rat lung. During perfusion with glucose at 4 mmol/l, physiological concentrations of insulin (50 mu/l) caused an initial 1.5 fold increase in lactate production; the increase being sustained at 30% for the 4 h of perfusion. The observation that the lung respond...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stubbs WA,Morgan I,Lloyd B,Alberti KG

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is no licensed, dose-appropriate formulation of hydrocortisone for children with adrenal insufficiency (AI) and patients rely on compounded adult medication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the absorption, palatability and safety of Infacort® , an immediate-release, granule formulation of hydroco...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Neumann U,Whitaker MJ,Wiegand S,Krude H,Porter J,Davies M,Digweed D,Voet B,Ross RJ,Blankenstein O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Childbearing is considered to be a significant risk factor for developing overweight and obesity. Physical activity might influence weight change via hormonal changes. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) are positively associated with m...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van der Wijden CL,Delemarre-van de Waal HA,van Mechelen W,van Poppel MN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease represents the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the progressive form of liver injury. The pathophysiology that leads to NASH is not well understood. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesize that an altered cortisol metabolism in the liver ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Konopelska S,Kienitz T,Hughes B,Pirlich M,Bauditz J,Lochs H,Strasburger CJ,Stewart PM,Quinkler M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of women are treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for relief of menopausal symptoms, including vasomotor flushes and sweats for which oestrogen is uniquely and highly effective. Others may continue longer-term treatment in the hope that HRT will help to prevent chronic disease. The preservation of b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Armitage M,Nooney J,Evans S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major physiological role of calcitonin in humans appears to be regulation of skeletal turnover. It has been suggested that another function of calcitonin is to prevent post-prandial rises in calcium, particularly in animals, but the importance of such a function in man remains to be determined. Although it is known ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stevenson JC,Adrian TE,Christofides ND,Bloom SR

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six healthy subjects were infused with angiotensin II and plasma concentrations of angiotensin, ACTH and cortisol were measured before, during and after the infusion. In all cases the plasma ACTH concentration fell as plasma angiotensin increased and rose again, sometimes to higher than basal levels, when the angioten...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Semple PF,Buckingham JC,Mason PA,Fraser R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to maternal hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy, which is characterized by low free T4 but normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, can negatively affect the foetus. This review provides an overview of present findings concerning the association between maternal hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy and chi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Henrichs J,Ghassabian A,Peeters RP,Tiemeier H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fibroblast growth factor (FGF21) is a potent regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism. In rodents, the hepatic expression of FGF21 is controlled by fasting and a circadian regulation, but the physiological role and regulation of FGF21 in humans is not well established. Therefore, the objective of this study ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Andersen B,Beck-Nielsen H,Højlund K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed puberty is defined arbitrarily on the basis of statistical consideration, when no signs of puberty have occurred at 2.0 SD (13.4 years in girls and 13.8 in boys) above the mean chronological age for the onset of puberty. The vast majority of these patients have no endocrine abnormality and their pubertal devel...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Albanese A,Stanhope R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman had galactorrhoea and amenorrhoea. Four years previously she complained of sensory disturbance of her legs, with galt disturbance. Serum PRL level was 1408 mU/l. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a spindle-shaped mass in the spinal canal at the level of the ninth thoracic vertebra. The tumour was r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Katsuren E,Ishikawa S,Honda K,Saito T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One of the aims of a subcutaneous (SC) injection is to avoid intradermal or intramuscular injections. Pen systems are an alternative solution to single-use syringes and have become standard for example diabetes therapy. Shorter and smaller needles minimize pain and the risk of intramuscular injections. The th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ludescher B,Rommel M,Willmer T,Fritsche A,Schick F,Machann J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In contrast to the cardiac hormones, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), variations in plasma concentrations of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) in healthy adults are ill-defined, limiting their clinical application. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to define the effect of age, ph...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Prickett TC,Olney RC,Cameron VA,Ellis MJ,Richards AM,Espiner EA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We wished to assess the changes in serum IGF-I and IGF-II concentrations during gonadotrophin treatment alone or with additional GH treatment and to compare follicular fluid IGF-I and IGF-II concentrations in the two treatment groups. DESIGN:We performed an open study of co-treatment with GH and subsequently...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Owen EJ,Torresani T,West C,Mason BA,Jacobs HS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the polymorphisms of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) gene have been shown to be associated with Type 1 diabetes in Caucasians, some conflicting results have been reported among subjects of different ethnic backgrounds. We examined a CTLA4 polymorphism and its relationship to human leucoc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kikuoka N,Sugihara S,Yanagawa T,Ikezaki A,Kim HS,Matsuoka H,Kobayashi Y,Wataki K,Konda S,Sato H,Miyamoto S,Sasaki N,Sakamaki T,Niimi H,Murata M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iodide organification defects are frequently but not always associated with mutations in the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene and characterized by a positive perchlorate discharge test. These mutations phenotypically produce a congenital goitrous hypothyroidism, with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rivolta CM,Louis-Tisserand M,Varela V,Gruñeiro-Papendieck L,Chiesa A,González-Sarmiento R,Targovnik HM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relationship between maternal thyrotrophin (TSH) and breech presentation at term. DESIGN:Combined data sets of two prospective studies to obtain adequate epidemiological power. PATIENTS:One thousand and fifty-eight healthy pregnant women (58 breech, 1000 cephalic) and 131 women who presented in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kooistra L,Kuppens SM,Hasaart TH,Vader HL,Wijnen HA,Oei SG,Pop VJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00