Novel melanocortin 4 receptor gene mutations in severely obese children.

abstract：:We studied the acute effect of standard therapeutic doses of oral frusemide on indices of thyroid function in 34 hospital in-patients with congestive cardiac failure. A transient decrease in total T4, elevation in the T3 resin uptake and consequent increase in the free T4 index (FT4I) were seen 2-5 h after ingestion o...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Newnham HH,Hamblin PS,Long F,Lim CF,Topliss DJ,Stockigt JR

更新日期：1987-04-01 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:To determine the impact of energy restriction (ER) upon the previously reported increased resting and exercise-related oxygen utilization, reduced body temperature, increased serum TSH, and reduced serum free T3 concentrations found during Antarctic residence (AR). DESIGN:Prospective, intervention with both ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Case HS,Reed HL,Palinkas LA,Reedy KR,Van Do N,Finney NS,Seip R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the excretion of urinary cyclic AMP, calcium and phosphate, and serum calcium, ionized calcium, and magnesium were studied after parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. Urinary cyclic AMP decreased rapidly and 8 of 11 patients had a significant reduction 1 h postoperatively, but changes in serum ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kohri K,Kataoka K,Yachiku S,Kurita T,Sonoda T

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：:Although there is a circadian rhythm in blood melatonin concentrations in humans, the problems associated with frequent blood collection limit the use of this rhythm in the investigation of the circadian system and in the diagnosis and treatment of chronobiological disorders. Therefore, to establish a convenient, non-...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nowak R,McMillen IC,Redman J,Short RV

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In January 1997 we introduced a protocol for the treatment with GH of children with impaired growth after unfractionated total body irradiation (TBI). This study is an evaluation of that protocol. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 1997 and July 2005, 66 patients (48 male) treated for haematological malign...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bakker B,Oostdijk W,Geskus RB,Stokvis-Brantsma WH,Vossen JM,Wit JM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normocalcaemic primary hyperparathyroidism is a condition that can present with intermittent hypercalcemia or may evolve into hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism. This milder biochemical entity remains incompletely understood because of a lack of long-term health outcomes regarding both medical and surgical appr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dawood NB,Yan KL,Shieh A,Livhits MJ,Yeh MW,Leung AM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine acromegalic patients were treated by the somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 octreotide (Sandostatin (octreotide), Sandoz, Basle, Switzerland] 250 micrograms/day in 4 divided s.c. injections (50 + 50 + 50 + 100 micrograms) for 1 month, 250 micrograms/24 has continuous s.c. infusions for another month and thereafter...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thuesen L,Christensen SE,Weeke J,Orskov H,Henningsen P

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four hyperprolactinaemic women were treated for 6 months with the new, non-ergot, long-acting dopamine agonist, CV 205-502. The treatment resulted in normalization of PRL secretion in 17 of the 24 women at once-daily doses of 0.05 to 0.15 mg of the drug. Sixteen of these women as well as 4 of those who remained...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rasmussen C,Bergh T,Wide L,Brownell J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are bone marrow-derived cells required for endothelial repair. Circulating EPC concentration is low in conditions characterized by endothelial dysfunction but their number can be increased by treatment with phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors. EPCs are also reduced in hypog...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Foresta C,Di Mambro A,Caretta N,De Toni L,Zuccarello D,Ferlin A

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Quality of life is impaired in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In this study, we compared the time to first prescription of antidepressants (ADM) in PCOS vs two control groups. DESIGN:Register-based cohort study. PATIENTS:One thousand and one hundred and twenty-four premenopausal women with hirsutism and/...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Altinok ML,Glintborg D,Depont Christensen R,Hallas J,Andersen M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationship between growth hormone (GH) therapy and malignancy, including leukaemias, remains controversial. In order to study this possible relationship further, we have investigated whether GH treatment induces chromosomal abnormalities in peripheral blood lymphocytes. DESIGN:Open, prospective study i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bozzola M,Tettoni K,Severi F,Capra E,Danesino C,Scappaticci S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Polymorphisms in the thyroid transcription factor forkhead factor E1 (FOXE1) gene have been implicated in the genetic susceptibility to differentiated thyroid cancer, but little is known about their effect on tumour characteristics. The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of the FOXE1 po...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Raimundo J,Alvelos MI,Azevedo T,Martins T,Rodrigues FJ,Lemos MC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate simultaneously in thyrotoxic subjects the relative contributions of insulin secretion, insulin-sensitivity (SI) and glucose-mediated (SG) glucose disposal to overall glucose tolerance, seven non-obese patients with thyrotoxicosis were studied by the minimal model analysis of the frequently sampled...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pestell R,Alford F,Ramos R,Sawyer S,Best J,Ward G

更新日期：1990-10-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:Standard drug information resources recommend that l-thyroxine be taken half an hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, to prevent interference of its intestinal uptake by food or medication. We observed cases in which TSH levels improved markedly after changing the administration time of l-thyroxine to th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bolk N,Visser TJ,Kalsbeek A,van Domburg RT,Berghout A

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:The purpose was to investigate whether the function of the pinealocytes is changed in patients with disturbed metabolic rate or in subjects with marked obesity. DESIGN:Venous blood was sampled every second hour between 1800 and 0800 h, and urine collected between 2200 and 0700 h. PATIENTS:Eight patients wit...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Röjdmark S,Berg A,Rössner S,Wetterberg L

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid status was estimated serially by measuring triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and thyrotrophin (hTSH) in 20 patients suffering from meningococcal meningitis, typhoid fever and other acute febrile illnesses. Significantly low T3 and only slightly increased T4 were observed in all the patients. hTSH was norma...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Maharajan G,Etta KM,Singh A,Ahuja IS,Ahuja GK

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive calcitonin was found in extracts of seven out of eight consecutive breast carcinomas and four selected lung carcinomas, but not in extracts of benign breast lesions or normal tissues. This suggests that the high plasma calcitonin levels observed in patients with a wide variety of cancers reflect ectopic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hillyard CJ,Coombes RC,Greenberg PB,Galante LS,MacIntyre I

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Inhibin B, a heterodimeric glycoprotein of gonadal origin, is the most important circulating form of inhibin in human males and an inverse relationship between inhibin B and FSH plasma levels was been recently observed. Azoospermia represents the end-point of different kinds of testicular damag...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Foresta C,Bettella A,Petraglia F,Pistorello M,Luisi S,Rossato M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Guidelines do not currently recommend routine systematic hormonal screening for pheochromocytoma (PHEO) in all/normotensive patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), in contrast to other PHEO-predisposing genetic syndromes such as Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. OBJ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Moramarco J,El Ghorayeb N,Dumas N,Nolet S,Boulanger L,Burnichon N,Lacroix A,Elhaffaf Z,Gimenez Roqueplo AP,Hamet P,Bourdeau I

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that L-thyroxine treated patients may often have elevated serum T4 concentrations and yet show no clinical signs of hyperthyroidism. We found that such patients had normal serum T3 concentrations. The present study explored the relationship between serum T3 and T4 and dosage of L-thyroxine....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rendell M,Salmon D

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inactivation of synthetic [3H]thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH) by plasma was studied in rats treated with propylthiouracil (PTU) alone or with PTU and thyroxine. 48 h after the onset of treatment with thyroxine, the capacity of rat plasma to inactivate [3H]TRH was significantly increased. The percentage of dea...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dupont A,Labrie F,Levasseur L,Dussault JH,Schally AV

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 alpha, 25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25-(OH)2D3) has been measured in human serum by radioimmunoassay. The assay uses a high titre antiserum raised in sheep against 1,25-(OH)2D3-25-hemisuccinate, conjugated to bovine serum albumin. The sensitivity of the assay is 10 pg/tube. Other hydroxylated forms of vitamin D3 c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Clemens TL,Hendy GN,Papapoulos SE,Fraher LJ,Care AD,O'Riordan JL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the effect of GH substitution on adipose tissue-derived hormones and cytokines and sought to identify predictors for changes in body composition during therapy. Long-standing adult-onset GH deficiency (AO-GHD) is associated with increased body fat mass (FM) which, through production of hormones an...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ueland T,Jørgensen AP,Godang K,Fougner KJ,Aukrust P,Burman P,Bollerslev J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of equivalent doses of two inhibitors of the 3-beta-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase enzyme system--WIN 24540 (trilostane) and WIN 32729--on the secretion of progesterone in early human pregnancy are described. Patients and controls less than 12 weeks pregnant were given a single dose of either drug and the r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van der Spuy ZM,Jones DL,Wright CS,Piura B,Paintin DB,James VH,Jacobs HS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00