Ultrastructural and steroidogenic characteristics of an androgen-producing adrenocortical tumour.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Reduction of plasma free fatty acids leads to enhanced GH response after stimulation by GH-releasing hormone (GHRH). We studied the clinical usefulness of combined administration of acipimox and GHRH for the diagnosis of GH deficiency. DESIGN:We evaluated 35 patients [mean age 53.0 years; mean body mass inde...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van Dam PS,Dieguez C,Cordido F,de Vries WR,Veldhuyzen BF,van Thiel E,Casanueva FF,Koppeschaar HP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is known that growth hormone can induce accelerated bone turnover in GH deficient people as well as healthy elderly people. In this study we examined the effect of recombinant human GH (rhGH) on bone mineral mass and bone turnover in the presence of the bone resorption inhibiting agent, pamidronate. Effect...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Erdtsieck RJ,Pols HA,Valk NK,van Ouwerkerk BM,Lamberts SW,Mulder P,Birkenhäger JC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study concerns eighteen chronic alcoholics with minimal liver damage. A significant reduction in total serum T4 with an accompanying drop in circulating TBG was observed in these otherwise euthyroid patients. During alcohol withdrawal, we observed a rapid increase in T4 and TBG into the normal range. We su...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Geurts J,Demeester-Mirkine N,Glinoer D,Prigogine T,Fernandez-Deville M,Corvilain J

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although abnormalities of the humoral immune system, such as increased immunoglobulin production, are known in sarcoidosis, the relationship between sarcoidosis and autoimmune disorders in uncertain. We studied the incidence of thyroid autoantibodies and the prevalence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in patients w...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nakamura H,Genma R,Mikami T,Kitahara A,Natsume H,Andoh S,Nagasawa S,Nishiyama K,Chida K,Sato A,Yoshimi T

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：CONTEXT:Disturbances in thyroid function have been described in small-for-gestational age (SGA) children but the influence of prematurity is unclear. In addition, the effect of GH treatment on thyroid function has not been studied in short SGA children. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether short SGA children have higher TS...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： de Kort SW,Willemsen RH,van der Kaay DC,van Dijk M,Visser TJ,Hokken-Koelega AC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determined the effect of subclinical hyperthyroidism (defined as low circulating TSH with normal serum free T4) and subclinical hypothyroidism (raised serum TSH with normal free T4) on fasting levels of blood lipids. DESIGN:Prospective study of lipid concentrations in patients identified as having abnorma...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Parle JV,Franklyn JA,Cross KW,Jones SR,Sheppard MC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate whether pyridostigmine, a cholinesterase inhibitor which is thought to act at the hypothalamus to inhibit somatostatin secretion, would augment spontaneous or GHRH-stimulated serum GH levels in patients with GH-insufficiency. DESIGN Oral pyridostigmine 60 mg or placebo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kirk JM,Ross RJ,Trainer PJ,Froud AL,Davies SC,Savage MO,Besser GM

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the thyroid disorder presented by patients with normal T4 and T3 but blunted TSH response to TRH has not been clarified. In this study, we compared thyroid function tests in 16 such patients with those of 14 controls and 10 hyperthyroid patients. Basal total T4, free T4, total T3, iodine uptake and chole...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Boutin JM,Matte R,D'Amour P,Gilbert F,Havrankova J,Bélanger R,Chartrand R,Zakarija M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether thyroid scintigraphy would alter the clinical management of patients referred for fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNA). METHODS:We reviewed the medical and imaging records of patients referred to our Department between 2016 and 2019. All the patients had to take a serum thyrotropin test ad...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pirola I,Di Lodovico E,Casella C,Pezzaioli L,Facondo P,Ferlin A,Lombardi D,Cappelli C

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 40-year-old male with acromegaly, multiple and recurrent cutaneous myxomas, spotty cutaneous pigmentation, a mammary myxoma, a large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumour of the testis, and an unusual calcifying pigmented neuroectodermal tumour. He presented a combination of clinical and histological featu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Leedman PJ,Cohen AK,Matz LR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Bilateral adrenalectomy may be indicated in patients with Cushing's disease in whom hypercortisolism is not resolved after pituitary microsurgery. However, Nelson's syndrome is a major long-term complication of such therapy. We have carried out a longitudinal study on patients with Cushing's disease who unde...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Moreira AC,Castro M,Machado HR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to group patients with MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) according to the genetic alterations underlying the disease and to investigate their clinical characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Molecular analysis of GCK (MODY2), HNF-1alpha (MODY3), HNF-4alpha (MODY1) and HNF-1b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Estalella I,Rica I,Perez de Nanclares G,Bilbao JR,Vazquez JA,San Pedro JI,Busturia MA,Castaño L,Spanish MODY Group.

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Results from the published studies on the association of adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) polymorphisms with blood lipids and blood pressure are conflicting. We investigated the association of three ADIPOQ polymorphisms, +45 T > G (rs2241766), +276 G > T (rs1501299) and -11377 C > G (rs266729), with these traits in ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zhao T,Zhao J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the circadian rhythm and the response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to ovine corticotrophin releasing hormone (oCRH) stimulation and dexamethasone suppression in 32 children with grade II-III marasmus. Children were studied prior to and after nutritional rehabilitation. Mean baseline plas...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Malozowski S,Muzzo S,Burrows R,Leiva L,Loriaux L,Chrousos G,Winterer J,Cassorla F

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determined the ovarian response to human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) in terms of relaxin and progesterone secretion during the peri-implantation period of normal and failing pregnancies. We wished to test the hypotheses that relaxin production in failing pregnancies is different from that in normal pregn...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stewart DR,Overstreet JW,Celniker AC,Hess DL,Cragun JR,Boyers SP,Lasley BL

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:High overnight plasma growth hormone (GH) levels in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are reflected in both an increase in the GH pulse amplitude and elevated baseline GH concentrations. To determine whether these are a result of an increase in GH secretory episodes, we undertook deconvolution analys...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pal BR,Matthews DR,Edge JA,Mullis PE,Hindmarsh PC,Dunger DB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High gastrin levels were found in twenty-one out of fifty-six consecutive patients (38%) with thyrotoxicosis. Following return to euthyroidism gastrin levels generally fell, but twelve patients (21%) remained hypergastrinaemic. Six of these patients (11%) had achlorhydria indicating atrophic gastritis of the antrum sp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dahlberg PA,Karlsson FA,Lundqvist G

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report and explore potential reasons for undetectable or low-normal serum intact PTH levels in patients with surgically verified primary hyperparathyroidism with parathyroid adenomas, review the relevant literature, and offer suggestions for management of such patients occasionally encountered in clinical...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bhadada SK,Cardenas M,Bhansali A,Mittal BR,Behera A,Chanukya GV,Nahar U,Rao DS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-vitro data of pituitary adenoma cells from 28 acromegalic patients were evaluated. In addition to GH, PRL was produced by 16 adenomas (57%) and alpha-subunit by 15 adenomas (54%) while there was a significantly higher incidence of tumours producing PRL and alpha-subunit simultaneously. From 26 pituitary adenomas en...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hofland LJ,van Koetsveld PM,Verleun TM,Lamberts SW

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With increasing use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, pituitary adenomas are being discovered incidentally with increasing frequency. However, limited data are available concerning the clinical importance and natural history of such 'incicentalomas'. We have undertaken a prospective study...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Feldkamp J,Santen R,Harms E,Aulich A,Mödder U,Scherbaum WA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six healthy subjects were infused with angiotensin II and plasma concentrations of angiotensin, ACTH and cortisol were measured before, during and after the infusion. In all cases the plasma ACTH concentration fell as plasma angiotensin increased and rose again, sometimes to higher than basal levels, when the angioten...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Semple PF,Buckingham JC,Mason PA,Fraser R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence and progression of subclinical hypothyroidism in women with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:Cross-sectional and longitudinal observational assessment of thyroid function in 420 adult females with type 2 diabetes randomly selected from participants in the community-based Fremantl...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chubb SA,Davis WA,Inman Z,Davis TM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obestatin is a novel hormone that is encoded by the Ghrelin gene and produced in the gut. Ghrelin is profoundly orexogenic and adipogenic, increasing food intake and body weight. This new ghrelin-associated peptide behaves as a physiological opponent of ghrelin in rodent animals, but its pathophysiological r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Qi X,Li L,Yang G,Liu J,Li K,Tang Y,Liou H,Boden G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oestrogens are known to enhance both basal and stimulated GH secretion. To examine whether this effect is mediated through the hypothalamus or the pituitary we performed insulin tolerance and GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) tests with and without oestrogen priming in a group of 14 short children. Pretreatment with stilboe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ross RJ,Grossman A,Davies PS,Savage MO,Besser GM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia (PHP-Ia) is a hereditary disorder characterized by resistance to multiple hormones that work via cAMP such as PTH and TSH, accompanied by typical skeletal features including short stature and brachydactyly, termed Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). In affected kindreds,...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mouallem M,Shaharabany M,Weintrob N,Shalitin S,Nagelberg N,Shapira H,Zadik Z,Farfel Z

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied variables known to change with thyroid hormone status in 18 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism before and during treatment with thyroxine in a dose sufficient to restore the plasma TSH response to TRH to normal. There was an associated increase in both plasma total T4 and free T4 within the normal ran...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bell GM,Todd WT,Forfar JC,Martyn C,Wathen CG,Gow S,Riemersma R,Toft AD

更新日期：1985-01-01 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:Autonomous cortisol secretion of adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) is associated with poor cardiovascular outcome. Because centripetal obesity is a cardiovascular risk factor, we aimed to investigate whether autonomous cortisol secretion is associated with increased visceral fat accumulation. DESIGN:Retrospective...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yener S,Baris M,Peker A,Demir O,Ozgen B,Secil M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation, resulting in poor clinical outcomes of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), has been generally confirmed. To data, there is no high-level evidence approving the association of TERT promoter mutation and aggressive clinical b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yin DT,Yu K,Lu RQ,Li X,Xu J,Lei M,Li H,Wang Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00