Effects of thyroxine withdrawal in biochemical parameters and cardiac function and structure in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism is a not uncommon disease in the elderly. A prevalence of 3% for women and 1% for men is reported in subjects aged 65 years and over. Routine serum calcium determination and parathyroid hormone radioimmuno-assay allow to make an early diagnosis in still asymptomatic subjects. In the elderly...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Molaschi M,Ponzetto M,Romin R,Cerrato P,Gangemi D

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:Patients and animals with poorly controlled or uncontrolled diabetes present with diurnal hypersecretion of glucocorticoids and altered regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. Although some of these changes are reversed with insulin replacement therapy, neuroendocrine function is not always ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Chan O,Inouye K,Riddell MC,Vranic M,Matthews SG

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullary thyroid carcinoma arises from the C cells, which produce a characteristic hormone, calcitonin. At present, surgery is the main treatment modality. Medullary thyroid carcinoma is usually treated with total thyroidectomy and with removal of nodes in the central portion of the neck and upper mediastinum. Cervic...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Vitale G,Cascone E,Lupoli G Jr,Ciccarelli A,Barone C,Lupoli G

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Bone mineral content (CMO, mg/cm2) was measured at the distal radius by dual photon absorptiometry (DPA, I125, Am241) in 1.161 women (w), aged 20-87 years. Women were subdivided into different groups according to the presence and duration of menopause. For gross evaluation of spinal osteoporosis (OP), the results of s...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Di Munno O,Occhipinti G,Pontrandolfo A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of estrogens or androgens causes bone loss by increasing the rate of bone remodeling, and also causes an imbalance between resorption and formation by prolonging the lifespan of osteoclasts and shortening the lifespan of osteoblasts. Conversely, treatment with androgens, as well as estrogens, maintains cancellous...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Lindberg MK,Vandenput L,Movèrare Skrtic S,Vanderschueren D,Boonen S,Bouillon R,Ohlsson C

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Pregnancy in women with a diagnosis of Cushing' syndrome (CS) is an extremely rare event and its diagnosis and treatment are a real medical challenge. During pregnancy, the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis undergoes major changes leading to a significant increase in plasma cortisol levels throughout gestation. The ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Caimari F,Corcoy R,Webb SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:In 51 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma the fasting blood concentrations of hCG, beta hCG, alpha subunits, ADH, calcitonin, enteroglucagon, gastrin, GH, melatonin, somatostatin, estradiol, CEA and pepsinogen I in the peripheral vein were estimated by radioimmunoassay at the time of diagnosis and, in those who under...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Colombo F,Iannotta F,Fachinetti A,Giuliani F,Cornaggia M,Finzi G,Mantero G,Fraschini F,Malesci A,Bersani M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acromegaly is a rare and chronic disease that, in the majority of cases, is due to the presence of a benign growth hormone (GH)-producing tumor of the pituitary. In the past, the diagnosis of acromegaly was established basically on physical changes, and only the patients with a severe clinical picture were brought to ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Ferone D,Resmini E,Bocca L,Giusti M,Barreca A,Minuto F

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Central adrenal insufficiency (AI) represents a life-threatening disorder that results from a reduced cortisol production due to an impairment production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). In particular, secondary AI results from pituitary disease that impedes the release of ACTH, while tertiary AI is caused from ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Paragliola RM,Corsello SM

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:The authors present 6 cases of carotid glomus tumours referred to their attention over the past 10 years. Their experience shows that colour ultrasonography (using both morphological and functional evaluation) is the diagnostic key for defining the treatment of paraganglioma. More recent experience highlights the role...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： De Falco M,Sperlongano P,Parmeggiani D,Pisaniello D,Parmeggiani U

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid nodule is extremely common. Its prevalence has been estimated to be more than 5% in the adult population. If thyroid nodule is a rare condition, 0.004% a year, identifying those nodules, which are likely to be malignant, is very important for physicians. The evaluation of thyroid is carried out using the fine ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Danese D,Sciacchitano S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular goiter encompasses a spectrum of diseases from the incidental asyntomatic small solitary nodule to the large intrathoracic goiter causing pressure symptoms as well as functional complaints. The mainstay in the diagnostic evaluation is related to functional and morphological characterization with serum thyroid-...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Pelizzo MR,Merante Boschin I,Toniato A,Sorgato N,Marzola MC,Rubello D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study evaluates the circadian rhythm of melatonin in relation to sex and age and identified contemporary alterations in the secreton of some hypophyseal hormones, suggesting that melatonin may exert a modulatory action on the latter. METHODS:The melatonin metabolite (6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate) was assa...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Pallotti S,Nordio M,Giuliano S

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：BACKGROUND:A limited number of human and animal studies suggest that a relationship exists between phthalates and obesity, although this is not supported by all research. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and the levels of phthalates in human blood and urine sam...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Oktar S,Sungur S,Okur R,Yilmaz N,Ustun I,Gokce C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOs) is not well known till now. Previous reports indicated an hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in obese and non obese PCOs. However the role of hyperinsulinemia in PCOs pathogenesis is not completely understood. In this study we evaluated the glycemic and insulin...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Vagiri D,Barletta C,Cioli I,Scavo D

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Multicellular spheroids represent an interesting experimental model with promising applications in the pre-clinical studies on anticancer drugs. We recently demonstrated that thyroid spheroids recapitulate the features of the original tissues, in either the differentiated and "stem-like" components. Here we ...

journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica

authors： Cirello V,Gaudenzi G,Grassi ES,Colombo C,Vicentini L,Ferrero S,Persani L,Vitale G,Fugazzola L

更新日期：2018-03-01 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