Impact of age, phenotype and cardio-renal function on plasma C-type and B-type natriuretic peptide forms in an adult population.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aromatase deficiency (AD) caused by cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A polypeptide 1 (CYP19A1) variants is characterized by a deficiency in androgen-to-oestrogen conversion. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical characteristics and accurate management of aromatase-deficient children. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fan L,Zhang B,Li L,Gong C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to review our long-term use of subcutaneous oestradiol (E2) implant therapy for the treatment of climacteric symptoms in post-menopausal women. On the grounds that the aim is to restore premenopausal serum E2 levels, our declared clinical policy is not to repeat implants even in the ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Buckler HM,Kalsi PK,Cantrill JA,Anderson DC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To optimize the indications for treating girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty with GnRH analogues, since outcomes may vary. DESIGN:Comparison of adult heights with the data at initial evaluation and the target heights. PATIENTS:Group 1 patients (n = 43) were treated with GnRH analogue from 7.9 ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Adan L,Chemaitilly W,Trivin C,Brauner R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid function and exposure to dietary goitrogenic factors (iodine deficiency and thiocyanate overload) were studied at birth and from birth to 7 years in 200 neonates and 347 children living in the severe endemic goitre area of Ubangi, Northern Zaire. Serum T4 was at the lower limit of normal at birth (104 +/- 4 nm...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vanderpas J,Bourdoux P,Lagasse R,Rivera M,Dramaix M,Lody D,Nelson G,Delange F,Ermans AM,Thilly CH

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The low dose dexamethasone suppression test (DST) has been used to detect subtle variations in the feedback suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of several diseases including depression, the metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease. Little is ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reynolds RM,Bendall HE,Whorwood CB,Wood PJ,Walker BR,Phillips DI

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is characterized by a defect in cortisol and aldosterone secretion, adrenal hyperandrogenism, impaired adrenal medullary function and insulin insensitivity. The latter along with the increased tendency towards obesity raises questions whether other cardiovascula...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Roche EF,Charmandari E,Dattani MT,Hindmarsh PC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the individual pharmacological effects of the addition of rosiglitazone and metformin to glimepiride on inflammatory markers and adipokines in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We analysed the relationships between these variables, the measurements of insulin sensitivity and beta-cell functi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kim HJ,Kang ES,Kim DJ,Kim SH,Ahn CW,Cha BS,Nam M,Chung CH,Lee KW,Nam CM,Lee HC

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Twenty-three endemic goitrous subjects (goitre grade: III and IV) that were living in a chronic iodine-deficient area (iodine intake: less than 40 micrograms I/d) were submitted to clinical and laboratory evaluation within 3-8 weeks of arrival at the metropolitan area of São Paulo, where daily iodine intake is estimat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lima N,Medeiros-Neto G

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess current provision of specialist and transitional paediatric endocrine services in the UK and Ireland. DESIGN:A questionnaire was sent to paediatric endocrinologists requesting details of patients receiving GH and also details of specialist and transitional services. RESULTS:Of 72 questionnaires re...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kirk J,Clayton P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of the incidence of thyrotoxicosis sera from 216 thyrotoxic patients in seven English towns were assayed for TSH-receptor antibodies. The incidence of antibody negative thyrotoxicosis correlated closely with the previous prevalence of endemic goitre in the towns (r = 0.9) indicating a high curre...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Phillips DI,Barker DJ,Rees Smith B,Didcote S,Morgan D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucose and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) responses to a 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) administered to 23 acromegalic patients before and after transsphenoidal adenomectomy and to a sex and age-matched control group were studied. The preoperative growth hormone levels, ranging from 11 to 360 mU/l, had no...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Roelfsema F,Frölich M

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Traditional methods of bone densitometry may not provide a comprehensive assessment of bone health. We aimed to assess bone micro-architecture and bone marrow adiposity (BMA) by MRI in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and endocrinopathy including GH deficiency and/or hypogonadism. MEASUREMENTS:High-r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McComb C,Harpur A,Yacoubian C,Leddy C,Anderson G,Shepherd S,Perry C,Shaikh MG,Foster J,Ahmed SF

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition and growth during infancy are an emerging issue because of their potential link to metabolic health disorders in later life. Moreover, prolonged breast-feeding appears to be associated with a lower risk of obesity than formula feeding. Human milk is a source of various hormones and growth factors, namely adi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Savino F,Fissore MF,Liguori SA,Oggero R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the mechanisms by which arginine and L-dopa cause GH release in humans we measured the GH response to GHRH 1-44 (200 micrograms i.v.), arginine (30 g i.v. over 30 min) and L-dopa (500 mg orally) administered alone and 120 minutes following pretreatment with GHRH 1-44 (200 micrograms i.v.) in no...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Page MD,Dieguez C,Valcavi R,Edwards C,Hall R,Scanlon MF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of women are treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for relief of menopausal symptoms, including vasomotor flushes and sweats for which oestrogen is uniquely and highly effective. Others may continue longer-term treatment in the hope that HRT will help to prevent chronic disease. The preservation of b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Armitage M,Nooney J,Evans S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:It is unclear if people who develop stress hyperglycaemia have underlying abnormal glucose metabolism, an exaggerated hormonal response to stress, or both. Similarly, it is unknown whether stress hyperglycaemia predicts future glucose intolerance. OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between illness severit...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Carmen Wong KY,Wong V,Ho JT,Torpy DJ,McLean M,Cheung NW

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human TSH (rhTSH) has revolutionized the care of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Since its approval for clinical use in 2001 in Europe (1998 in the USA), rhTSH has greatly enhanced the surveillance of these patients by allowing the avoidance of hypothyroidism for TSH stimulation. Previously, a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Woodmansee WW,Haugen BR

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective controlled trial we investigated the effect of an induction dose of etomidate (0.26 mg/kg i.v.) on plasma ACTH, progesterone, 17 alpha OH-progesterone, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, cortisone, corticosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone, and aldosterone in seven males undergoing general anaesthesia. Seven ot...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Allolio B,Dörr H,Stuttmann R,Knorr D,Engelhardt D,Winkelmann W

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-acquired hyponatraemia is a common and potentially serious condition. Risk factors for hospital-acquired hyponatraemia have not been studied in a controlled fashion. Methods From 1501 patients in whom serum sodium (S(Na)) was determined, 50 cases with hospital-acquired hyponatraemia (in-hospital dec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Beukhof CM,Hoorn EJ,Lindemans J,Zietse R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Both severe growth hormone (GH) deficiency in hypopituitary adults and physiological ageing are associated with an increase in fat mass, dyslipidaemia, and an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease. Ageing is also associated with a physiological decrease in spontaneous as well as stimulated GH secretio...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vahl N,Klausen I,Christiansen JS,Jørgensen JO

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity disproportionately affects African Americans (AA) (especially women), and is linked to depressed 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH D) and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH). The relationship of 25-OH D and PTH with body composition and size in AA is not well known. OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship o...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Valiña-Tóth AL,Lai Z,Yoo W,Abou-Samra A,Gadegbeku CA,Flack JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. There has been a significant increase in its incidence over the past two decades attributable mainly to the use of more sensitive diagnostic modalities. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology is the mainstay of diagno...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nixon AM,Provatopoulou X,Kalogera E,Zografos GN,Gounaris A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Little is known about the dose-response relationship of potential, unwanted, effects of inhaled beclomethasone (BDP) on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, particularly in nonspecialist clinic settings. The purpose of our study was to investigate the dose-response relationship of inhaled BDP on the ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grebe SK,Feek CM,Durham JA,Kljakovic M,Cooke RR

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:Seven women with primary amenorrhoea and hyperprolactinaemia were treated with bromocriptine. All the women had started to develop secondary sex characteristics at normal age but pubertal development stopped and menarche did not occur. Radiological signs of a pituitary tumour were found in all the women. Before the pi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bergh T,Nillius SJ,Wide L

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urine clearance of TRH after intravenous injection in man has been measured by radioimmunoassay. Between 4.4 percent and 10.7 percent of the dose was excreted within 90 min, the majority within 30 min. The TRH excreted was immunochemically and chromatographically indistinguishable from synthetic TRH and was inacti...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jeffcoate SL,White N

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vaspin is associated with metabolic parameters and insulin resistance. However, the expression of vaspin in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has not been fully explored, and the contribution of vaspin to the biological mechanisms underlying GDM remains u...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tang Y,Qiao P,Qu X,Bao Y,Li Y,Liao Y,Ying H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Pro12Ala polymorphism of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma gene has been associated in some, but not all, studies with lower body mass index (BMI) and improved insulin sensitivity; how an altered transcriptional activity of PPARgamma2 could influence insulin sensitivity is curre...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vaccaro O,Mancini FP,Ruffa G,Sabatino L,Iovine C,Masulli M,Colantuoni V,Riccardi G

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00