Postoperative PTH measurement facilitates day 1 discharge after total thyroidectomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the clinical usefulness of thyroid blood-flow measurement in predicting relapse of Graves' disease (GD) in comparison with known risk factors for GD relapse. MEASUREMENT:Thyroid blood flow was measured in pulsed Doppler mode at the inferior thyroid artery (ITA), and the peak systolic velocity...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ueda M,Inaba M,Kumeda Y,Nagasaki T,Hiura Y,Tahara H,Onoda N,Ishikawa T,Nishizawa Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-tumour causes of hyperprolactinaemia, including prolactin-elevating drugs, must be excluded. There is a general view that such drugs are unlikely to raise serum PRL above 3000 mU/I, but the literature is confusing. We report 8 patients receiving treatment with neuroleptic drugs, whose serum PRL concentrat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pollock A,McLaren EH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Growth deficiency is commonly seen in polytransfused beta-thalassaemia patients, especially in adolescence. It is not completely dependent on the lack of their pubertal growth spurt. GH impairment at different levels (hypothalamic or pituitary) and/or a reduced IGF-1 synthesis have been suggested the main cau...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cavallo L,Gurrado R,Gallo F,Zacchino C,De Mattia D,Tatò L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate two patients with the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour (HPT-JT) syndrome and three patients with familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP), together with 31 parathyroid tumours (2 HPT-JT, 2 FIHP and 27 sporadic) for HRPT2 mutations. The HPT-JT syndrome and FIHP are autosomal dominant disorders...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bradley KJ,Cavaco BM,Bowl MR,Harding B,Cranston T,Fratter C,Besser GM,Conceição Pereira M,Davie MW,Dudley N,Leite V,Sadler GP,Seller A,Thakker RV

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Serum free cortisol, rather than serum total cortisol (TC), determines glucocorticoid activity in vivo, but how the considerable inter-subject variation in ambient serum free cortisol affects the outcome of dynamic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) assessment in noncritically ill subjects is unknown. DESI...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Limor R,Tordjman K,Marcus Y,Greenman Y,Osher E,Sofer Y,Stern N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Whether nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can predict atherosclerosis in obese patients remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the usefulness of NAFLD and other cardiometabolic parameters in predicting subclinical atherosclerosis in obese patients. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:W...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Puig J,Blasco G,Daunis-I-Estadella J,Loshuertos E,Codina J,Cuba V,Ortiz R,Xifra G,Ricart W,Pedraza S,Federici M,Fernández-Real JM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Final adult height is determined by both childhood and pubertal growth. The later is a function of growth velocity and bone maturation, and both are regulated by growth hormone. In a study of the safety and efficacy of GH therapy, we analysed the impact of age on bone maturation and predicted adult height. P...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hochberg Z,Leiberman E,Landau H,Koren R,Zadik Z

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study deals with serum prolactin concentrations during various conditions in the early puerperium in an attempt to investigate some characteristics of the mechanisms responsible for the regulation of the lactotropes. In nursing, in non-nursing, non-medicated and in non-nursing, bromocriptine-treated women prolact...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vemer HM,Rolland R

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients undergoing abdominal surgery often suffer from morbidity associated with increased protein catabolism. Therapeutic recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF)-I has been proposed as a means of reversing this process. As IGFBPs modulate the bioavailability of the IGFs, we have studied the ch...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cotterill AM,Mendel P,Holly JM,Timmins AG,Camacho-Hübner C,Hughes SC,Ross RM,Blum WF,Langford RM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore differences in irisin concentrations between lean adolescents with PCOS and age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls and examine the associations of irisin with core features of the syndrome. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. PATIENTS:Lean females with PCOS, aged 13-21 years. MEASUREMENTS:Phy...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bacopoulou F,Athanasopoulos N,Efthymiou V,Mantzou A,Aravantinos L,Vlahopoulos S,Deligeoroglou E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, effects of domperidone, a peripheral dopamine blocking agent, on prolactin and growth hormone were examined to determine whether dopamine regulation of these hormones involved structures external to the blood-brain barrier. A clearcut elevation in prolactin was produced by domperidone. GH respons...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Brown GM,Verhaegan H,Van Wimersma Greidanus TB,Brugmans J

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1) H-MRS) is a sensitive, noninvasive imaging technique capable of measuring brain metabolites in vivo. Chronic exposure to endogenous hypercortisolism in Cushing's syndrome (CS) is associated with negative effects on memory and hippocampal volumes, even after biochem...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Resmini E,Santos A,Gómez-Anson B,López-Mourelo O,Pires P,Vives-Gilabert Y,Crespo I,Portella MJ,de Juan-Delago M,Webb SM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Constitutional delay in growth and adolescence (CDGA) is common in boys, some of whom request treatment to accelerate growth and attainment of secondary sexual characteristics. The aims of this study were to confirm that a 3-month course of intramuscular testosterone oenanthate does not impair final height i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kelly BP,Paterson WF,Donaldson MD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthyroidism is a well recognized complication of gestational trophoblastic tumours (GTT) and may be due to high circulating concentrations of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) or its variants. We have studied 24 clinically euthyroid women with GTT. Eight were biochemically hyperthyroid with low or undetectable s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kennedy RL,Sheridan E,Darne J,Griffiths H,Davies R,Price A,Cohn M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explored leptin concentrations in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a genetic disorder characterized by significant obesity and presumed hypothalamic dysfunction. The potential interaction of leptin metabolism with the growth hormone (GH) axis was also studied. STUDY DESIGN:Plasma leptin concentrations...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Myers SE,Davis A,Whitman BY,Santiago JV,Landt M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The thyroid suppression test is still used in some centres as an adjunt in the diagnosis of autonomous functioning thyroid nodules. With the purpose of minimizing the disadvantages of the original T3 suppression test, we have evaluated the efficacy of a method using L-thyroxine as TSH suppression agent and [9...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ramos CD,Zantut-Wittmann DE,Tambascia MA,Assumpção L,Etchebehere EC,Camargo EE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glucocorticoid excess is commonly related to neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, with memory impairment typically found among these disorders. The objective of this study is to offer a clinical profile of memory deficits resulting from exposure to chronic stress-level elevations of endogenous glucoco...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： León-Carrión J,Atutxa AM,Mangas MA,Soto-Moreno A,Pumar A,Leon-Justel A,Martín-Rodriguez JF,Venegas E,Domínguez-Morales MR,Leal-Cerro A

更新日期：2009-02-01 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:The human DIMINUTO/DWARF1 homolog seladin-1/DHCR24 has been recently reported to be up-regulated in adrenocortical adenomas. Seladin-1 expression has been reported in the normal ovary. Granulosa cell tumours of the ovary (GCT) as with adrenocortical adenomas arise from a steroidogenic tissue, respond to pitui...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fuller PJ,Alexiadis M,Jobling T,McNeilage J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore vitamin D status in relation to diabetes, based on data from a national health examination survey in Thailand. DESIGN AND METHODS:A total of 2641 adults, aged 15-98 years, were randomly selected according to geographical region from the Thai 4th National Health Examination Survey sample. Logistic ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chailurkit LO,Aekplakorn W,Ongphiphadhanakul B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine autoimmunity is known to be characterized by the presence of specific autoantibodies and from the histopathological point of view by lymphocytic infiltration in the target tissue. The presence of mononuclear cell infiltrates is the pathological hallmark of most endocrine diseases characterized by an autoimmu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pozzilli P,Carotenuto P,Delitala G

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed in order to evaluate bone turnover with bone formation and resorption markers in hyperthyroidism and its possible relationship with serum cytokines interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis-alpha (TNF-alpha), levels of thyroid hormones and thyroid autoantibodies. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:Tw...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Akalin A,Colak O,Alatas O,Efe B

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We have demonstrated previously that obesity in men was significantly associated with low plasma testosterone levels and higher concentrations of the androgen metabolite androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol glucuronide, suggesting that androgen metabolism and elimination is increased in this condition. The objec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tchernof A,Lévesque E,Beaulieu M,Couture P,Després JP,Hum DW,Bélanger A

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:In 63 consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) a prospective screening study was undertaken for coexistent multiple endocrine neoplasma-(MEN)-syndrome type 1. The screening consisted of a clinical examination, a radiological examination of the sella turcica with skeletal tomography (and in equivocal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Muhr C,Ljunghall S,Akerstrom G,Palmér M,Bergström K,Enoksson P,Lundqvist G,Wide L

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome is rare in childhood. Two patients are reported who had unsuccessful transsphenoidal microadenomectomy and therefore underwent pituitary radiotherapy. In both patients there was progressive normalization of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal function and at 8 and 10 years after radiot...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Johnston LB,Grossmann AB,Plowman PN,Besser GM,Savage MO

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructural effects of a Leydig cell tumour of the testis on nontumorous testicular tissue have not yet been reported. Described here are the electron microscopic findings in the nonneoplastic testicular tissue of a patient with a feminizing testicular Leydig cell neoplasm. Serial studies were carried out over...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sohval AR,Churg J,Suzuki Y,Katz N,Gabrilove JL

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) may be detected by measuring cyclic AMP increases in cultures of isolated thyroid cells in response to added patient immunoglobulins (Ig). We have compared the frequency that TSI may be detected in the Ig fraction of 114 sera from 112 patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grant SJ,Luttrell BM,Hales IB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is characterized by high androgen levels, ambiguous genitalia or premature pubarche, increased height velocity and skeletal maturation. Considering the possibility of changes in the IGF system components depending on the state of c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cunha HM,Elias LL,Camacho-Hübner C,Moreira AC,Martinelli CE Jr

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00