Polycystic ovary syndrome has no independent effect on vascular, inflammatory or thrombotic markers when matched for obesity.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Subclinical hypercortisolism (SH) has been associated with increased prevalence of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, central obesity, osteoporosis and vertebral fractures. We aimed to investigate the accuracy of different SH diagnostic criteria in predicting the presence of complications....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Morelli V,Masserini B,Salcuni AS,Eller-Vainicher C,Savoca C,Viti R,Coletti F,Guglielmi G,Battista C,Iorio L,Beck-Peccoz P,Ambrosi B,Arosio M,Scillitani A,Chiodini I

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve female patients (mean age 60 years, range 41--74) with euthyroid multinodular goitre and a flat TRH test (median delta TSH 0.9 muIU/ml, range 0--3.5) had normal prolactin responses to TRH (median data prolactin 48 ng/ml, range 6--115). The results are comparable with those in euthyroid patients receiving full s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Elte JW,Wiarda KS,Frölich M,Haak A

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenetic mechanisms underlying pituitary tumorigenesis are largely unknown. Previous reports have suggested that aggressive pituitary adenomas and/or carcinomas may be associated with genetic alterations that are distinct from those responsible for the more common and less aggressive pituitary adenomas. Here, ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zahedi A,Booth GL,Smyth HS,Farrell WE,Clayton RN,Asa SL,Ezzat S

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:The effect of pretreatment with biosynthetic methionyl human GH (hGH) on the GH response to GHRH has been studied in normal subjects. Eight volunteers were given either 4 IU hGH or placebo s.c. 12-hourly for 72 h before a GHRH test, or a single s.c. dose of 4 IU hGH 12 h before a GHRH test. Somatomedin-C (Sm-C) levels...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ross RJ,Borges F,Grossman A,Smith R,Ngahfoong L,Rees LH,Savage MO,Besser GM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between glycaemic control, insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism on cardiac autonomic function in peripubertal girls with type 1 diabetes. DESIGN:Prospective, clinic-based study of 125 girls with diabetes and 46 age-matched nondiabetic girls. MEASUREMENTS:Heart rate variability ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cho YH,Craig ME,Srinivasan S,Benitez-Aguirre P,Mitchell P,Jopling T,Donaghue KC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPO), the thyroid 'microsomal' antigen, are widely utilized in the diagnosis of human autoimmune thyroid disease. Crude human thyroid preparations of TPO are of differing potency, contain residual thyroglobulin (Tg) and other human membrane antigens, and are available in only limi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kendler DL,Martin A,Magnusson RP,Davies TF

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A GH deficiency-like phenotype with normal or high hGH secretion, pathologically low IGF-I serum levels, and catch-up growth under treatment with recombinant hGH is suggestive of the presence of biologically inactive hGH syndrome, whose presumably heterogenous molecular basis is substantially unknown. DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Binder G,Benz MR,Elmlinger M,Pflaum CD,Strasburger CJ,Ranke MB

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low growth hormone (GH) secretion and hypogonadism are common in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). In this study we present the effects of GH treatment on body composition and metabolism in adults with PWS. PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:Nineteen patients with clinical PWS were recruited, 13 had PWS geno...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Höybye C,Hilding A,Jacobsson H,Thorén M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two female patients with functioning adrenocortical carcinomas had plasma ACTH detectable by RIA at presentation. In both patients there was evidence for biological activity of ACTH. There was no evidence for an ectopic source of ACTH, nor for a pituitary tumour. Urinary steroid analysis showed patterns of multiple ho...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Law A,Hague WM,Daly JG,Honour JW,Taylor N,Jeffcoate SL,Himsworth RL,Joplin GF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncorrected thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy has well-recognized deleterious effects on foetal and maternal health. The early gestation period is one of the critical foetal vulnerability during which maternal thyroid dysfunction may have lasting repercussions. Accordingly, a pragmatic preconception strategy is key for...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Okosieme OE,Khan I,Taylor PN

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) is widely prescribed for children with short stature across a range of growth disorders. Recombinant human (rh) insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-1) therapy is approved for severe primary IGF-I deficiency - a state of severe GH resistance. Evidence is increasing for an unacceptably high rate of p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bang P,Ahmed SF,Argente J,Backeljauw P,Bettendorf M,Bona G,Coutant R,Rosenfeld RG,Walenkamp MJ,Savage MO

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Transient thelarche (TT), that is, the appearance, regression and subsequent reappearance of breast buds, is a frequent phenomenon, but little is known about pubertal transition in these girls. OBJECTIVE:To describe pubertal progression, growth, genotypes, reproductive hormones and growth factors in girls with...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Soto J,Pereira A,Busch AS,Almstrup K,Corvalan C,Iñiguez G,Juul A,Mericq V

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old Caucasian male, clinically euthyroid, with paranoid schizophrenia and granulocytopenia, had elevated total and free serum T4 and T3; serum TSH was normal (2.7 +/- 0.7 micronU/ml). There was no goitre present, no evidence of Graves' disease, and no evidence of pituitary tumour. He had a normal response to...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tamagna EI,Carlson HE,Hershman JM,Reed AW

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Graves' disease (GD) complicates 0.1% to 0.2% of pregnancies, but congenital thyrotoxicosis is rare occurring in one in 70 of these pregnancies independent of maternal disease status. Antenatal prediction of affected infants is imprecise; however, maternal history, coupled with a high maternal serum TSH rece...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Smith C,Thomsett M,Choong C,Rodda C,McIntyre HD,Cotterill AM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental question in assessing an older man with a slightly low total testosterone and normal gonadotrophin levels is to determine whether or not he has clinical hypogonadism. Hypogonadism is defined as a clinical syndrome complex, which comprises both symptoms as well as biochemical testosterone deficiency. As...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hugh Jones T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urine calcium after an overnight fast is higher in osteoporotic than in normal post-menopausal women. The question is whether this is the cause or effect of the bone-losing state. OBJECTIVE:To establish whether the elevated obligatory calcium loss in osteoporotic women is due to a raised filtered load of ca...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nordin BE,Horowitz M,Need A,Morris HA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically significant Graves' orbitopathy (GO) develops in about 25% of those with Graves' disease (GD); most cases of GD in the UK are managed by endocrinologists. Despite this, patients report significant delays before a diagnosis of GO is made. Measures to increase awareness of the early signs of GO and ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mitchell AL,Hickey J,Vaidya B,Mason R,Ajjan R,Zammitt N,Perros P,Dayan C,TEAMeD.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Animal studies suggest pathological foetal programming of hypothalamic circuits regulating food intake in the setting of leptin deficiency and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). We aimed to compare placental leptin synthesis and leptin-binding capability in venous cord blood between IUGR newborns and neo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tzschoppe A,Struwe E,Rascher W,Dörr HG,Schild RL,Goecke TW,Beckmann MW,Hofner B,Kratzsch J,Dötsch J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the techniques of molecular and cellular biology have made it possible to begin to dissect the origins and behaviour of the ACTH-secreting tumour cell. It is becoming apparent that these tumours represent undifferentiated neuroendocrine cells, and it may be that their peptide-secreting properties may h...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： White A,Clark AJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our clinical practice has been to offer treatment with cyclical disodium etidronate and high dose calcium supplements (1500-1600 mg/day) to all female patients with osteoporosis who are unable or unwilling to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and male osteoporotics. In a retrospective study we compared ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Orme SM,Simpson M,Stewart SP,Oldroyd B,Westmacott CF,Smith MA,Belchetz PE

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The contribution of lipid abnormalities to this higher risk, in particular atherogenic modifications of low density lipoprotein (LDL) such as a shift towards smaller LDL, has not been properly explored. We aimed to e...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dejager S,Pichard C,Giral P,Bruckert E,Federspield MC,Beucler I,Turpin G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is increasing evidence that antenatal stress has long-lasting effects on child development, but there is less accord on the mechanisms and the gestational window of susceptibility. One possible mechanism is by foetal exposure to maternal cortisol. To explore this, we investigated the relationship betwee...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sarkar P,Bergman K,Fisk NM,O'Connor TG,Glover V

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the risk of pregnancy complications in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome after consideration of lifestyle factors. DESIGN:Prospective cohort. PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:Participants (n = 5628) were apparently healthy nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies from the Screeni...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bahri Khomami M,Moran LJ,Kenny L,Grieger JA,Myers J,Poston L,McCowan L,Walker J,Dekker G,Norman R,Roberts CT

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study the pharmacokinetic parameters and biological activity of a single dose of human recombinant IGF-I (rhIGF-I) administered to patients following major gastrointestinal surgery. DESIGN:A double blind placebo controlled externally randomized study of 30 patients; the study commencing 24 hou...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Miell JP,Taylor AM,Jones J,Buchanan CR,Rennie J,Sherwood R,Leicester R,Ross RJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum prolactin concentrations were measured in nine untreated hypothyroid infants and 23 euthyroid controls. In the former group the serum prolactin concentrations were tenfold higher than the controls (352 vs 34 micrograms/l), declining gradually upon treatment. Although serum prolactin concentrations can be mildly ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McCormick KL

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Massive macronodular adrenocortical disease (MMAD) may be caused by aberrant microRNA expression. To determine the microRNA profile in MMAD and identify putative microRNA-gene target pairs involved in adrenal tumourigenesis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:We performed microRNA microarray analysis in 10 patients with ACTH...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bimpaki EI,Iliopoulos D,Moraitis A,Stratakis CA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A high prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been shown in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). However, it is unclear whether this is related to the metabolic abnormalities in PHPT or to the presence of other risk factors for glucose intolerance in these patients. The aim of our study was to deter...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kumar S,Olukoga AO,Gordon C,Mawer EB,France M,Hosker JP,Davies M,Boulton AJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00