Serum and follicular fluid insulin like growth factors I and II during growth hormone co-treatment for in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.

abstract：:The majority of benign thyroid nodules are asymptomatic, remain stable in size and do not require treatment. However, a minority of patients with growing nodules may have local symptoms or cosmetic concerns, and thus demand surgical therapy. The timely use of ultrasound-guided, minimally invasive thermal therapies has...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cesareo R,Palermo A,Pasqualini V,Cianni R,Gaspa G,Manfrini S,Pacella CM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone and prolactin are secreted episodically in man and experimental animals. To investigate physiologic mechanisms of GH and PRL secretion, a series of experiments were performed in individual, unanaesthetized male and female rats. GH secretion in the male rat is characterized by intermittent surges that oc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Terry LC,Saunders A,Audet J,Willoughby JO,Brazeau P,Martin JB

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Human resistin gene (RETN) polymorphisms have been found to be associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), insulin resistance and/or obesity. We evaluated, in a 5-year prospective study, whether RETN polymorphisms could predict the progression of glycaemia in southern Chinese. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We conducted a ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Xu JY,Sham PC,Xu A,Tso AW,Wat NM,Cheng KY,Fong CH,Janus ED,Lam KS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the commonest monogenic form of obesity. The significance of MC4R mutations in Asian obese populations has not been adequately examined. The objective of this study was to determine the role of MC4R mutations in severely obese Asian children. DESIGN:We screened 22...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lee YS,Poh LK,Kek BL,Loke KY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-dose study was performed to examine the pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous octreotide in acromegalic patients and to investigate the relationship between growth hormone and the elimination half-life of the drug. Fourteen acromegalic patients (six men and eight women; age range 35-59 years) who had previously re...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nicholls J,Wynick D,Domin J,Sandler LM,Bloom SR

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to obtain further information on the aetiology of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), the endocrine changes following enucleation of the corpus luteum in the mid-luteal phase of the cycle were studied in seven patients with PMS, and the results compared to details of seven control patients undergoing hysterecto...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bäckström T,Smith S,Lothian H,Baird DT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,24,25-trihydroxyvitamin D3 has been detected in human serum using a sensitive radioimmunoassay. Tritiated 1,24,25-trihydroxyvitamin D3 was synthesized biologically and used as tracer to monitor the recovery of endogenous metabolite during isolation from serum. Circulating 1,24,25(OH)3D3 in normal subjects ranged fro...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Clemens TL,Fraher LJ,Sandler LM,O'Riordan JL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The risk of progression of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) to clinical dysfunction is one of the factors considered in the decision to treat this condition. This study evaluated the natural history of SCH in women with TSH ≤10 mIU/l. DESIGN:This is a prospective study. PATIENTS:Two hundred and fifty-two wo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rosário PW,Carvalho M,Calsolari MR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adult onset GH deficiency (GHD) is characterized by abnormalities of serum lipoprotein profiles and GH replacement results in favourable alterations in serum total and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol. Preliminary evidence has indicated that the effect of GH replacement in this respect may be additiv...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Monson JP,Jönsson P,Koltowska-Häggström M,Kourides I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disturbances in the GH/IGF-I axis are reported in 25-60% of short children born small for gestational age (SGA). We hypothesized that these abnormalities might be related to abnormalities in the pituitary region. Therefore, the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of short SGA children were compared t...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Arends NJ,V d Lip W,Robben SG,Hokken-Koelega AC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Reviewing the clinical outcomes of a large kindred with a RET p.Gly533Cys mutation, 10 years after the first description of this kindred, has provided an important set of clinical data for healthcare decision-making. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We identified 728 RET533 Brazilian relatives, spread out over 7 generati...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Signorini PS,França MI,Camacho CP,Lindsey SC,Valente FO,Kasamatsu TS,Machado AL,Salim CP,Delcelo R,Hoff AO,Cerutti JM,Dias-da-Silva MR,Maciel RM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'basal' plasma glucose, defined as the stable overnight concentration, has been assessed as an index of diabetes control by comparison with plasma glucose measurements during 24-h profiles in diet-treated maturity-onset diabetic patients and normal subjects. The basal plasma glucose correlated with the total (r=0....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Holman RR,Turner RC

更新日期：1981-03-01 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：: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：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：:Plasma levels of LH, FSH, oestradiol 17 beta and testosterone were measured in twenty-two men with gynaecomastia. The group was divided by age into those under and those over 50-years-old and the mean hormone levels of the two groups were compared with two groups of age-matched normal men. In the young men with gynaec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McFadyen IJ,Bolton AE,Cameron EH,Hunter WM,Raab G,Forrest AP

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abnormal serum liver function tests are common in patients with untreated thyrotoxicosis, even prior to the initiation of antithyroidal medications that may worsen the severity of the abnormal serum liver biochemistries. There is a wide range of the incidence of these abnormalities in the published literature...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lin TY,Shekar AO,Li N,Yeh MW,Saab S,Wilson M,Leung AM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is associated with a varied clinical presentation. The cardiac effects of RTH have been described but vascular function has yet to be fully evaluated in this condition. We have measured the arterial function of those with RTH to assess any vascular changes. DESIGN:An obser...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Owen PJ,Chatterjee VK,John R,Halsall D,Lazarus JH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a systematic study of patients with Cushing's disease to compare the results of acute experiments with cyproheptadine, sodium valproate and bromocriptine with the results of chronic treatment with sodium valproate. In 13 patients the plasma cortisol response to single doses of 2.5 mg bromocriptine, 6 mg cy...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Koppeschaar HP,Croughs RJ,Thijssen JH,Schwarz F

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Evidence of crosstalk between bone and insulin metabolism has been identified. In primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), scant data exist on this relationship. AIM:To evaluate the relationship between insulin levels or sensitivity and bone mineral density (BMD) in PHPT. SUBJECT AND METHODS:Two hundred and s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Gianotti L,Tassone F,Baffoni C,Pellegrino M,Cassibba S,Castellano E,Magro G,Cesario F,Visconti G,Borretta G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Osteocalcin is a bone-specific protein secreted by osteoblasts and often used as a bone formation biomarker. Rodent studies have reported a hormonal role of osteocalcin on glucose metabolism, increasing insulin secretion and sensitivity and increasing energy expenditure. However, it is unknown whether osteoca...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rochefort GY,Rocher E,Aveline PC,Garnero P,Bab I,Chappard C,Jaffré C,Benhamou CL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A retrospective study was conducted in order to elucidate the clinicopathological significance of fibrous bodies, a hallmark of the sparsely granulated variant of GH-producing pituitary adenomas. METHODS:A total of 37 acromegalic patients, 14 men and 23 women, with pure GH adenomas were studied. Immunohistoc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nishioka H,Haraoka J,Akada K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial presentation of macroprolactinoma with visual field impairment, especially in males, is well recognized. Successful treatment with dopamine agonist therapy is characterized by a reduction in hyperprolactinaemia and often rapid and progressive resolution of the visual impairment. A small proportion of patie...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jones SE,James RA,Hall K,Kendall-Taylor P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmoregulation of vasopressin release and thirst was studied in the mid-follicular and mid-luteal phases of the menstrual cycle of five patients with cyclical oedema defined by peripheral oedema and weight gain (greater than 3.0 kg) manifest in two consecutive luteal phases. Results are compared to those already obtai...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thompson CJ,Burd JM,Baylis PH

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of surgical stress on the secretions of LH, FSH, testosterone (T) and oestradiol (E2) were studied in twelve male patients. During surgery LH rose significantly; post-operatively, LH fell but remained persistently elevated a week after operation. However, T and E2 fell progressively to a nadir on the second...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wang C,Chan V,Yeung RT

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a sensitive enzyme amplified immunoassay for TSH, the evening rise and pulsatile release of TSH were studied in 10 men with chronic renal failure treated by haemodialysis. Compared to euthyroid male controls the evening rise of TSH was attenuated (median 0.066 vs 0.195 mU/l/h, P less than 0.01) and the rate of r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wheatley T,Clark PM,Clark JD,Holder R,Raggatt PR,Evans DB

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Autoimmune thyroiditis is one of the most common autoimmune disorders. Autoantibodies against the thyroid gland, with thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab) and thyroglobulin antibody (Tg-Ab) as the most common autoantibodies, can often be demonstrated in serum in population surveys. In the present st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pedersen IB,Knudsen N,Jørgensen T,Perrild H,Ovesen L,Laurberg P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Various studies have demonstrated coexistence of ovarian and adrenal hyperandrogenism in women. This study was designed to determine whether testosterone can increase the response of the adrenal gland to stimulation by adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH). DESIGN:Non-randomized intervention in a university teaching h...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Polderman KH,Gooren LJ,van der Veen EA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's syndrome is not only accompanied by an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease but also by a hypercoagulable state that is reflected by an increased incidence of venous thromboembolism. Overall, patients with CS have been reported to have a more than 10-fold increased risk of developing venous thrombo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van der Pas R,Leebeek FW,Hofland LJ,de Herder WW,Feelders RA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00