The PPAR-gamma activator rosiglitazone fails to lower plasma ACTH levels in patients with Nelson's syndrome.

abstract：:Severe pituitary Cushing's disease of sudden onset after 18 years of unsuccessful treatment for a previously non-functioning chromophobe adenoma is described in a middle-aged woman. Initial presentation with symptoms of optic nerve compression had been preceded by two years of amenorrhoea. Transfrontal resection of a ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vaughan NJ,Laroche CM,Goodman I,Davies MJ,Jenkins JS

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Peripheral aromatization of testosterone and androstenedione is the principal source for circulating oestrogens in men and in castrated and post-menopausal women. Since human bone is a target organ for androgens and oestrogens, aromatase activity was assessed in human spongiosa obtained from pa...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Schweikert HU,Wolf L,Romalo G

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human population which lives and works in polar environments has been increasing steadily over the last 15 years. Very little is known about how these residents adjust to their environment. Cold adaptation in man is a poorly understood phenomenon. Euthermic mammals maintain body temperature during cold exposure vi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reed HL,Burman KD,Shakir KM,O'Brian JT

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the mechanisms by which arginine and L-dopa cause GH release in humans we measured the GH response to GHRH 1-44 (200 micrograms i.v.), arginine (30 g i.v. over 30 min) and L-dopa (500 mg orally) administered alone and 120 minutes following pretreatment with GHRH 1-44 (200 micrograms i.v.) in no...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Page MD,Dieguez C,Valcavi R,Edwards C,Hall R,Scanlon MF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Results from the published studies on the association of adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) polymorphisms with blood lipids and blood pressure are conflicting. We investigated the association of three ADIPOQ polymorphisms, +45 T > G (rs2241766), +276 G > T (rs1501299) and -11377 C > G (rs266729), with these traits in ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zhao T,Zhao J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Three independent genome-wide association studies in white populations have reported that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the KIAA0350 gene are associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D). The gene product of KIAA0350 is predicted to be a sugar binding C-type lectin. In the present study...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wu X,Zhu X,Wang X,Ma J,Zhu S,Li J,Liu Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:There are currently no sensitive and specific assays for activin B that could be utilized to study human biological fluids. The aim of this project was to develop and validate a 'total' activin B ELISA for use with human biological fluids and establish concentrations of activin B in the circula...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ludlow H,Phillips DJ,Myers M,McLachlan RI,de Kretser DM,Allan CA,Anderson RA,Groome NP,Hyvönen M,Duncan WC,Muttukrishna S

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:Headache is very common in pituitary disease and is reported to be present in more than a third of all patients with pituitary adenomas. Tumour size, cavernous sinus invasion, traction or displacement of intracranial pain-sensitive structures such as blood vessels, cranial nerves and dura mater, and hormonal hypersecr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kreitschmann-Andermahr I,Siegel S,Weber Carneiro R,Maubach JM,Harbeck B,Brabant G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Low serum testosterone is commonly observed in men with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), but the neuroendocrine pathophysiology remains to be elucidated. OBJECTIVES:The hypothalamic neuropeptide kisspeptin integrates metabolic signals with the reproductive axis in animal models. We hypothesized that administration of...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： George JT,Veldhuis JD,Tena-Sempere M,Millar RP,Anderson RA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of long-term combined continuous oral hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on vascular function in healthy postmenopausal women. BACKGROUND:The cardiovascular effects of HRT are controversial. Improvement in vascular function is a proposed mechanism of oestrogen action but there are no long...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Teede HJ,Liang YL,Kotsopoulos D,Zoungas S,Cravent R,McGrath BP

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if patients with untreated Cushing's disease have higher serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) compared to matched controls, and if IGF-1 decreases following remission of Cushing's disease. DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study matching Cushing's disease cases to control patients for aden...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： English K,Chikani V,Dimeski G,Inder WJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-dependent decline of the gonadal and somatotopic axis has been causally linked to frailty in the elderly by their effects on muscle mass and bone mineral density. However, for healthy men data on serum oestrogens and androgens, as well as IGF-1, as a common outcome measure covering the whole adult age range ar...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Leifke E,Gorenoi V,Wichers C,Von Zur Mühlen A,Von Büren E,Brabant G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is a lack of normal reference data on urinary GH (u-GH) excretion in children. We have investigated the impact of age, gender, pubertal development and body mass on reference values for u-GH excretion in normally growing non-obese and obese children. STUDY DESIGN:u-GH levels were evaluated in 1153 heal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bona G,Petri A,Rapa A,Conti A,Sartorio A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Women with previous gestational diabetes (pGDM) are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) potentiates the insulin response to oral glucose, and its secretion is diminished in Type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study was to see if decreased GLP-1 secretion might be ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Forbes S,Moonan M,Robinson S,Anyaoku V,Patterson M,Murphy KG,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR,Johnston DG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:GH may be beneficial in treating patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, the efficacy and safety of GH could be compromised by the potential for accumulation in the circulation. OBJECTIVE:The objective was to investigate the pharmacokinetics and safety of GH treatment in ESRD patients. DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Langbakke IH,Nielsen JN,Skettrup MP,Harper A,Klitgaard T,Weil A,Engelhardt E,Lange M

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：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：:Six girls and one boy with precocious puberty were treated with a superactive LHRH analogue (D-TRP6-LHRH) for periods ranging from 1 year to 2 years and 3 months. In the first phase of the treatment it was administered in combination with cyproterone acetate (CyA) to counteract an early stimulatory effect until inhibi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kauli R,Pertzelan A,Ben-Zeev Z,Lewin RP,Kaufman H,Schally AM,Schally AV,Laron Z

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal men and normally menstruating women received i.m. injections of 0.1 to 4.0 mg/kg sulpiride. This psychotropic drug induced a very rapid (already significant after 5 minutes) and sustained (still significant after 7 hours) elevation of prolactin (PRL) concentrations in all subjects with no consistent modificatio...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： L'Hermite M,Denayer P,Golstein J,Virasoro E,Vanhaelst L,Copinschi G,Robyn C

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We performed a randomized, double-blind, prospective, 16-week clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of risedronate with and without cholecalciferol on 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and bone markers in Korean patients with osteoporosis. METHODS:We randomly assigned 164 adults with osteopo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chung HY,Chin SO,Kang MI,Koh JM,Moon SH,Yoon BK,Yoon HK,Chung YS,Park HM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of dopamine on the secretion of TSH and its subunits in vivo and in vitro. Four normal controls, seven patients with primary hypothyroidism, two patients with peripheral resistance to thyroid hormone (PRTH), and two patients with alpha-secreting pituitary tumours underwent a 3-h dopamine in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cooper DS,Klibanski A,Ridgway EC

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ornithine infusion test was performed in fifty-four children with constitutional short stature. The ornithine infusion induced an elevated level of GH at 45 min (mean value = 873 pmol/l) and a similar rise of cortisol levels (mean value = 544 nmol/l). An important peak of ACTH appeared 15 min before the increase of...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Evain-Brion D,Donnadieu M,Roger M,Job JC

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenolytic agent, 2,2-bis[2-chlorophenyl-4-chlorophenyl] 1,1 dichloroethane (o,p'-DDD), was used over a 20-month period following surgery in a 2 3/12-year-old girl for treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma. The child remained free of disease and was maintained on glucocorticoid and mineralo-corticoid supplements ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Greig F,Oberfield SE,Levine LS,Ghavimi F,Pang S,New MI

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients starting regular haemodialysis were treated with a 1 microgram daily dose of 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 and concurrent aluminium hydroxide therapy to prevent hyperphosphataemia. There was an increase in plasma calcium, but no significant improvement in plasma alkaline phosphatase activity or parath...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Walker GS,Peacock M,Aaron J,Robinson PJ,Davison AM

更新日期：1977-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation, resulting in poor clinical outcomes of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), has been generally confirmed. To data, there is no high-level evidence approving the association of TERT promoter mutation and aggressive clinical b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yin DT,Yu K,Lu RQ,Li X,Xu J,Lei M,Li H,Wang Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have investigated plasma potassium changes during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia (IIH) in adult patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) who have low total body potassium and may also have a vulnerable myocardium due to an increased prevalence of atherosclerosis. DESIGN:Hypoglycaemia was induced throu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Davies JS,Hinds NP,Millward EM,McDowell I,Scanlon MF

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gonadotrophin response testosterone producing adrenal cortical adenoma in a 61-year-old woman is described. Oophorectomy was performed before adrenalectomy as at first an ovarian origin of excess and androgen production was suspected. The hypophyseal gonadal feedback system was studied after oophorectomy using LHRH ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： de Lange WE,Pratt JJ,Doorenbos H

更新日期：1980-01-01 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