Factors associated with serum thyroglobulin levels in a population living in Belarus.

abstract：CONTEXT:To study the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in a very large unselected population. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of abnormal thyroid function and evaluate potential modulatory factors. DESIGN AND SETTING:The Estudio de Atención Primaria de Navarra, The APNA Study, is a cross-sectional study conduct...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Santos Palacios S,Llavero Valero M,Brugos-Larumbe A,Díez JJ,Guillén-Grima F,Galofré JC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant insulinomas are very rare endocrine tumours with a variable clinical course. We describe a 51-year-old man who had two large insulinomas resected from the body of the pancreas and 19 years later, having again become symptomatic, was found to have hepatic metastases. Medical treatment with diazoxide and octre...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Scott A,Hinwood D,Donnelly R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumour, and its incidence has continuously increased worldwide over the past three decades. We focused on the association of multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with messenger RNA (mRNA) expression to characterize how molecular and histopathologic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pak K,Suh S,Goh TS,Kim SJ,Oh SO,Seok JW,Kim IJ,Kim YH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opiate control of the pituitary-adrenal axis has been investigated in normal subjects. The infusion of 1 mg of the met-enkephalin analogue, DAMME, led to a fall in circulating cortisol in spite of a fall in blood pressure. Conversley, 16 mg of the opiate antagonist, naloxone led to brisk and pronounced elevations ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grossman A,Gaillard RC,McCartney P,Rees LH,Besser GM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) type and doses of glucocorticoids used as well as sex hormone secretion during puberty have important actions on bone mineral density (BMD) in adulthood. AIM:To evaluate BMD in adult CAH patients depending on current glucocorticoid therapy and on androge...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Riehl G,Reisch N,Roehle R,Claahsen van der Grinten H,Falhammar H,Quinkler M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the value of the thyroid imaging reporting and data system proposed by Kwak (KWAK TI-RADS) and the 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines for diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). To confirm the role of cell block (CB)-assisted fine-needle...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Li J,Li H,Yang Y,Zhang X,Qian L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present clinical investigation uses a high-precision GH immunofluorometric assay to examine the postulate that principally the amplitude mode of GH secretory control is disrupted in adults with GH deficiency. PATIENTS AND METHODS:To this end, we investigated GH secretory dynamics in a cohort of 19 adu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Roelfsema F,Biermasz NR,Veldhuis JD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of nutritional supplementation on growth and puberty in constitutionally delayed children. PATIENTS:One hundred and two boys, 13.6-15.5 years of age, who were referred because of short stature and delayed puberty. METHODS:The boys were randomly allocated to one of the following treatmen...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zadik Z,Sinai T,Zung A,Reifen R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is a lack of normal reference data on urinary GH (u-GH) excretion in children. We have investigated the impact of age, gender, pubertal development and body mass on reference values for u-GH excretion in normally growing non-obese and obese children. STUDY DESIGN:u-GH levels were evaluated in 1153 heal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bona G,Petri A,Rapa A,Conti A,Sartorio A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmoregulation of vasopressin release and thirst was studied in the mid-follicular and mid-luteal phases of the menstrual cycle of five patients with cyclical oedema defined by peripheral oedema and weight gain (greater than 3.0 kg) manifest in two consecutive luteal phases. Results are compared to those already obtai...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thompson CJ,Burd JM,Baylis PH

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of circulating thyroglobulin (hTg) and 131I whole body scan were performed in 101 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who had been subjected to surgical thyroidectomy and 131I ablation of remaining thyroid tissue. All 45 patients with positive scans (i.e. functioning metastases) had elevated hT...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pacini F,Pinchera A,Giani C,Grasso L,Baschieri L

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Use of the antithyroid drugs (ATDs) thiamazole (MMI) and propylthiouracil (PTU) is associated with a high frequency of side effects. When patients experience side effects with one (the 1st) ATD, it is usually discontinued and another is administered (the 2nd ATD). We investigated side effects associated with ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Otsuka F,Noh JY,Chino T,Shimizu T,Mukasa K,Ito K,Ito K,Taniyama M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradoxical GH response to TRH observed in certain adolescents with constitutional tall stature is associated with a 60% fall in plasma levels of somatostatin. Conversely, those tall subjects who do not show a GH increase after TRH, or during a saline control infusion maintain steady levels of somatostatin in plas...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Garcia Blanco M,Evain Brion D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of thyroxine on orocaecal transit time in a group of elderly hypothyroid patients on long-term thyroxine replacement therapy. DESIGN:Measurement of the effect of withdrawal and subsequent replacement of thyroxine replacement therapy on orocaecal transit time. PATIENTS:Fifteen elderly, p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rahman Q,Haboubi NY,Hudson PR,Lee GS,Shah IU

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The body adiposity index (BAI) has been recently proposed as an alternative index to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) to evaluate adiposity in adults, with special focus on its ability to discriminate gender specificities on adiposity. Endothelial dysfunction, circulating endothelial cells (...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dias IB,Panazzolo DG,Marques MF,Paredes BD,Souza MG,Manhanini DP,Morandi V,Farinatti PT,Bouskela E,Kraemer-Aguiar LG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adequate uterine growth is an essential component of pubertal induction with exogenous oestradiol in those with hypogonadism. Poor uterine development will render the individual vulnerable in the context of fertility. We assessed uterine size using ultrasound in those who had undergone pubertal induction trea...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Burt E,Davies MC,Yasmin E,Cameron-Pimblett A,Mavrelos D,Talaulikar V,Conway GS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One of the aims of a subcutaneous (SC) injection is to avoid intradermal or intramuscular injections. Pen systems are an alternative solution to single-use syringes and have become standard for example diabetes therapy. Shorter and smaller needles minimize pain and the risk of intramuscular injections. The th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ludescher B,Rommel M,Willmer T,Fritsche A,Schick F,Machann J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glucagon-like peptide-1 is an insulin secretion-stimulating gut hormone that is produced in response to food intake. Orlistat (Xenical, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland), which decreases fat absorption and increases intestinal fat content, may therefore affect the secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1. ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sahin M,Tanaci N,Yucel M,Tutuncu NB,Guvener N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new radioreceptor assay for insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II), using receptors on ovine placental membranes, is described. Half-maximal displacement of specifically bound radioiodinated human IGF-II tracer was seen at 1.0 ng/tube of unlabelled IGF-II. The cross-reactivity of IGF-I was 1%, and insulin was entire...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Baxter RC,de Mellow JS

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growth hormone deficiency is considered the most important factor determining skeletal fragility in hypopituitary patients. Osteoblasts and chondrocytes express growth hormone (GH) receptor. Two GH receptor isoforms (GHRi) have been identified: they differ for the presence/absence of a protein fragment enc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mormando M,Chiloiro S,Bianchi A,Giampietro A,Angelini F,Tartaglione L,Nasto L,Milardi D,Formenti AM,Giustina A,De Marinis L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate the impact of a long-acting somatostatin analogue, octreotide, on glucose tolerance and on insulin sensitivity in acromegaly. DESIGN:We performed a non-randomized controlled trial. PATIENTS:Seven patients with active acromegaly were assessed before and during octreotide therapy given...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ho KK,Jenkins AB,Furler SM,Borkman M,Chisholm DJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the normal relationship between plasma ACTH and cortisol during insulin induced hypoglycaemia. Twenty-six healthy persons were studied. Peak plasma concentration and the amounts of ACTH and cortisol secreted during hypoglycaemia were compared. There was no significant correlatio...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lindholm J,Kehlet H,Blichert-Toft M,Riishede J,Hummer L,Dinesen B

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven synthetic analogues of somatostatin helped clarify structural requirements for suppression of growth hormone secretion in rats. Size of the ring is not critical; deletions of serine-13, lysine-4 or asparagine-5 result in peptides which retain an appreciable fraction of the activity. The analogue des-Ala1, Gly2, ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sarantakis D,McKinley WA,Jaunakais I,Clark D,Grant NH

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adult onset GH deficiency (GHD) is characterized by abnormalities of serum lipoprotein profiles and GH replacement results in favourable alterations in serum total and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol. Preliminary evidence has indicated that the effect of GH replacement in this respect may be additiv...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Monson JP,Jönsson P,Koltowska-Häggström M,Kourides I

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Genetic diagnosis available since 1993 established germinal mutations of the RET proto-oncogene at codon 634 as the main cause of inherited medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). International guidelines established in 1999 recommend that children with such mutations undergo a total thyroidectomy before age 5, wi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Piolat C,Dyon JF,Sturm N,Pinson S,Bost M,Jouk PS,Plantaz D,Chabre O

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine the target range into which mean daily serum cortisol should be lowered in patients on medical therapy for Cushing's syndrome, using isotopically estimated cortisol production rates as 'gold standard'. DESIGN:Patients with Cushing's syndrome on medical treatment were given 12 ng of t...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Trainer PJ,Eastment C,Grossman AB,Wheeler MJ,Perry L,Besser GM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a dimeric glycoprotein, a member of the transforming growth factor (TGF) superfamily. It is produced exclusively in the gonads and is involved in the regulation of follicular growth and development. In the ovary AMH is produced by the granulosa cells of early developing follicles and se...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： La Marca A,Volpe A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimal treatment regimen with thionamide drugs remains a matter for debate. We have investigated whether high doses of carbimazole, when compared with low doses, reduce relapse rates of Graves' disease. DESIGN:In an open label, randomized, prospective trial of treatment of Graves' disease we compared hi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grebe SK,Feek CM,Ford HC,Fagerström JN,Cordwell DP,Delahunt JW,Toomath RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioiodine has been in use for over 60 years as a treatment for hyperthyroidism. Major changes in clinical practice have occurred with the realization that accurate dosimetry is incapable of avoiding the risks of hypothyroidism, while more accurate assessment of the risks of other adverse effects of radioiodine such ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Weetman AP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00