Usefulness of iodine/creatinine ratio from spot-urine samples to evaluate the effectiveness of low-iodine diet preparation for radioiodine therapy.

abstract：:Although vasomotor instability or hot flushes are a well-known occurrence in women with natural or artificially-induced menopause, they have not previously been described in children. We report three children in different stages of puberty who developed vasomotor instability following surgery involving the hypothalami...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Witt MF,Blethen SL

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The distinction between benign and malignant well-differentiated endocrine tumours is hard to achieve. The aim of the present study was to determine whether detection of telomerase or quantification of human telomerase reverse transcriptase protein subunit (hTERT) differ between benign and malignant endocrine...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vezzosi D,Bouisson M,Escourrou G,Laurell H,Selves J,Seguin P,Pradayrol L,Caron P,Buscail L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies report impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with functional pituitary adenomas (FPA). We assessed HRQoL in FPA patients having undergone surgery at our University Central Hospital between 2000 and 2010, with combined adjuvant treatment given to achieve strict hormonal ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ritvonen E,Karppinen A,Sintonen H,Vehkavaara S,Kivipelto L,Roine RP,Niemelä M,Schalin-Jäntti C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac patients treated with the iodine-containing drug 'amiodarone' undergo a significant iodine overload which can last for months after the drug has been withdrawn. Some patients develop hyperthyroidism and others hypothyroidism. In the hyper- or hypothyroid patients, the indices of thyroid function are modified a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jonckheer MH,Blockx P,Broeckaert I,Cornette C,Beckers C

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) produced by cancers has a central role as a humoral mediator of hypercalcaemia in patients with malignancy. Since the prevalences of hypercalcaemia of malignancy and parathyroid disease reflect the population studied, hypercalcaemic patients from a di...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Walls J,Ratcliffe WA,Howell A,Bundred NJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To examine quality of life (QoL) measured by a utility-weighted index in GH-deficient adults on GH replacement and analyse the impact of demographic and clinical characteristics on changes in utilities during treatment. DESIGN:Utilities for items in the QoL-Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kołtowska-Häggström M,Kind P,Monson JP,Jonsson B

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated pulsatile and circadian TSH secretion in primary hypothyroidism. DESIGN:In a prospective study, blood was sampled every 10 minutes during 24 hours for assay of TSH (IRMA). Thyroid hormones and TSH responsiveness to TRH were then measured. SUBJECTS:Nine patients with overt primary hypothyroidism...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Adriaanse R,Brabant G,Prank K,Endert E,Wiersinga WM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between serum chemokine CXC ligand 5 (CXCL5) and intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery, a marker of preclinical atherosclerosis. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:We measured the IMT (mean of three segments of both carotid arteries by ultrasonography), serum CXC...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chen L,Yang Z,Lu B,Li Q,Ye Z,He M,Huang Y,Wang X,Zhang Z,Wen J,Liu C,Qu S,Hu R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cabergoline therapy normalizes prolactin levels and reduces the size of macroprolactinomas. However there are no data indicating whether cabergoline can normalize growth hormone secretion in patients who were growth hormone deficient at the time of diagnosis of a macroprolactinoma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： George LD,Nicolau N,Scanlon MF,Davies JS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are the most common subtype of pituitary tumour. Hypopituitarism is observed in NFPAs due to tumour- or treatment-related factors and may increase mortality risk. Here, we analysed the associations of hypopituitarism, hormone replacement and mortality in a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： O'Reilly MW,Reulen RC,Gupta S,Thompson CA,Dineen R,Goulden EL,Bugg G,Pearce H,Toogood AA,Gittoes NJ,Mitchell R,Thompson CJ,Ayuk J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC-CAH) is caused by mutations of the CYP21A2 gene. The clinical manifestations and hormonal derangements of NC-CAH are quite variable. OBJECTIVES:(i) To define the phenotype and its relation to genotype according to gender and age and (ii) to evaluate the validi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Livadas S,Dracopoulou M,Dastamani A,Sertedaki A,Maniati-Christidi M,Magiakou AM,Kanaka-Gantenbein C,Chrousos GP,Dacou-Voutetakis C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The autoimmune thyroid diseases, Graves disease and autoimmune hypothyroidism, result from a complex interaction between genetic, environmental and endogenous factors. The genetic loci conferring susceptibility remain unclear. A recent report has demonstrated an association between a microsatellite polymorphi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kotsa K,Watson PF,Weetman AP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary homogenates were prepared from patients undergoing pituitary ablation for breast or prostatic carcinoma (controls) and from patients with either PRL- and GH-secreting pituitary adenomas or from patients with 'functionless' pituitary tumours. The principal subcellular organelles, plasma membrane, lysosomes, m...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： De Marco L,Mashiter K,Peters TJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone release-inhibiting hormone (GHR-IH) was administered to five patients with abnormal pituitary-adrenal function. There was immediate suppression by about 50% of ACTH levels in two patients who had undergone bilateral adrenalectomy because of Cushing's disease; one of them had Nelson's syndrome. Bromocryp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Benker G,Hackenberg K,Hamburger B,Reinwein D

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Loss of E-cadherin is an important marker of epithelial tumour progression. The aims of this study were to explore whether E-cadherin expression and localization correlate to corticotroph tumour progression, relate the expression of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) to immunohistochemical E-cadherin staining patter...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Evang JA,Berg JP,Casar-Borota O,Lekva T,Kringen MK,Ramm-Pettersen J,Bollerslev J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported an impaired growth hormone (GH) response to a single i.v. bolus dose of growth hormone releasing factor (1 microgram/kg body weight) in obese women. We have now investigated whether the i.v. administration of low dose GHRF(1-29)NH2 (0.33 microgram/kg/h) by 15 min pulsed injections for 3 h fol...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kopelman PG,Noonan K

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Hypoparathyroidism is characterized by hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia, and low or inappropriately normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Idiopathic or genetic drivers are the predominant causes of hypoparathyroidism in paediatric-age patients. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the aetiology and clinical c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kim JH,Shin YL,Yang S,Cheon CK,Cho JH,Lee BH,Kim GH,Lee JO,Seo EJ,Choi JH,Yoo HW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with treated Addison's disease were studied whilst receiving different doses of fludrocortisone together with a constant intake of glucocorticoid. Plasma renin activity (PRA), blood pressure, pulse rate and plasma potassium and urea concentrations were measured after 2-week periods on each dose. In two ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thompson DG,Mason AS,Goodwin FJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 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 possibility of differences in glucocorticoid sensitivity between normal and cystic fibrosis fibroblasts was studied in cultured cells derived from forearm skin biopsies. Both normal and cystic fibrosis cells bound tritiated dexamethasone with high affinity (Kd 37 degrees C approximately equal to 10 nmol/1) to a li...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Khalid BA,Gyorki S,Warne GL,Funder JW

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary immunoreactive PGA and PGE, plasma and urinary aldosterone, and plasma renin activity (PRA) were determined in eleven control subjects and four patients with diabetic hyporeninaemic hypoaldosteronism (HH) before and during 4 days of sodium chloride restriction and frusemide administration. Aldosterone and PRA ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Farese RV,Rodriguez-Colomé M,O'Malley BC

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determined the effects of physiological (non-hypotensive) increments of plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on the vasopressin and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to insulin induced hypoglycaemia. DESIGN:Single blind, placebo controlled, randomized study of the effect of vehicle alone or ANF (2...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wittert GA,Espiner EA,Richards AM,Donald RA,Livesey JH,Yandle TG

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aim to evaluate the association of PCOS with eating, sleeping and sexual function disorders. METHODS:A comprehensive search including MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus through 01 August 2018 was conducted for studies reportin...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thannickal A,Brutocao C,Alsawas M,Morrow A,Zaiem F,Murad MH,Javed Chattha A

更新日期：2020-04-01 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:We examined the contributions of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) to insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in acromegaly. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study was used with continuous infusion of glucose with model assessment to determine insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hopkins KD,Holdaway IM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pubertal gynaecomastia is a very common condition. Although the underlying aetiology is poorly understood, it is generally accepted that excess of oestrogens and deficit of androgens are involved in the pathogenesis. Furthermore, adiposity as well as the GH/IGF-I axis may play a role. In this study, we elucid...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mieritz MG,Sorensen K,Aksglaede L,Mouritsen A,Hagen CP,Hilsted L,Andersson AM,Juul A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall ultrasonographic features and clinical factors that contribute to inadequate sampling in ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (US-FNAB) of thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS:From April 2008 to December 2008, 4077 US-FNABs in 3767 consecutive pati...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Choi SH,Han KH,Yoon JH,Moon HJ,Son EJ,Youk JH,Kim EK,Kwak JY

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00