Insulin-like growth factor-II: its role in metabolic and endocrine disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare biochemical variables, renal function and calcium and vitamin D intakes in euparathyroid and hyperparathyroid patients with primary osteoporosis and osteopenia and describe the measures necessary to normalize serum PTH in the patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We revi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yendt ER,Kovacs KA,Jones G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Constitutional delay in growth and adolescence (CDGA) is common in boys, some of whom request treatment to accelerate growth and attainment of secondary sexual characteristics. The aims of this study were to confirm that a 3-month course of intramuscular testosterone oenanthate does not impair final height i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kelly BP,Paterson WF,Donaldson MD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with multiple endocrine adenomatosis Type I, characterized by pituitary-dependent Cushing's Syndrome, marked hyperprolactinaemia, primary hyperparathyroidism and hyperinsulinism leading to hypoglycaemia. The patient subsequently developed an exocrine pancreatic carcinoma at the age of 32 years fr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Oliver MH,Drury PL,Van't Hoff W

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Primary glucocorticoid resistance is characterized by decreased sensitivity to cortisol signalling. We have performed genetic analysis of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene in 12 unrelated patients with primary cortisol resistance as defined by a pathological dexamethasone suppression test. METHODS:Exon s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ruiz M,Lind U,Gåfvels M,Eggertsen G,Carlstedt-Duke J,Nilsson L,Holtmann M,Stierna P,Wikström AC,Werner S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence has shown that oxidative stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, and this is an issue of considerable research interest in the field of infiltrative ophthalmopathy. Therefore, we evaluated both the relationship between Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) and serum levels of...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Akarsu E,Buyukhatipoglu H,Aktaran S,Kurtul N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abdominal visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissues contribute to obesity, but may have different cardiometabolic risk profiles. We examined and compared the associations of abdominal VAT and SAT with metabolic risk factors in a large cohort of Chinese adults. METHODS:This study was based on cros...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tang L,Zhang F,Tong N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of maternal hypothyroxinaemia during early gestation (fT4 below the lowest tenth percentile and TSH within the reference range: 0.15-2.0 mIU/l) on infant development, together with any subsequent changes in fT4 during gestation. DESIGN:A prospective 3-year follow-up study of pregnant w...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pop VJ,Brouwers EP,Vader HL,Vulsma T,van Baar AL,de Vijlder JJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different forms of testosterone (T) replacement therapy were compared; they were the intramuscular injection of mixed testosterone esters 250 mg; the subcutaneous implantation of 6 X 100 mg pellets of fused testosterone; and the oral administration of testosterone undecanoate (TU) 80 mg twice daily. Six hypogona...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cantrill JA,Dewis P,Large DM,Newman M,Anderson DC

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to elucidate the accuracy and limitations of [(18)F]-fluoro-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine ([(18) F]DOPA) positron emission tomography (PET) for Japanese patients with congenital hyperinsulinism. Although [(18)F]DOPA PET is reported to be useful for precisely localizing the focal form of congenital hyperin...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Masue M,Nishibori H,Fukuyama S,Yoshizawa A,Okamoto S,Doi R,Uemoto S,Tokumi T,Kasai T,Yorifuji T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the role of endogenous oestrogen activity in osteoporosis we measured relative metacarpal cortical area (RCA), body mass, serum oestrone, oestradiol, androstenedione, and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in 746 postmenopausal women aged 53 to 76 years, sampled from the general population. The occurrence...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van Hemert AM,Birkenhäger JC,De Jong FH,Vandenbroucke JP,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is characterized by high androgen levels, ambiguous genitalia or premature pubarche, increased height velocity and skeletal maturation. Considering the possibility of changes in the IGF system components depending on the state of c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cunha HM,Elias LL,Camacho-Hübner C,Moreira AC,Martinelli CE Jr

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three samples of follicular fluid (FF) were collected from 14 patients with the polycystic ovary (PCO) syndrome and matched for FF-volume with small follicles collected from subjects with normal ovaries. The median (range) FF concentration of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in the group with PCO, 0.42 (0.13...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Eden JA,Jones J,Carter GD,Alaghband-Zadeh J

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Peripheral aromatization of testosterone and androstenedione is the principal source for circulating oestrogens in men and in castrated and post-menopausal women. Since human bone is a target organ for androgens and oestrogens, aromatase activity was assessed in human spongiosa obtained from pa...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Schweikert HU,Wolf L,Romalo G

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of immunoreactive inhibin in serum was measured in three pregnant women with premature ovarian failure involved in a donor oocyte in-vitro fertilization programme. Inhibin was not detectable in peripheral serum prior to conception but rose within 2-4 weeks of embryo transfer, whereafter levels rose g...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McLachlan RI,Healy DL,Lutjen PJ,Findlay JK,De Kretser M,Burger HG

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditionally, acromegaly evaded diagnosis until in its clinically obvious later stages when treatment is more difficult. Over the last 25 years diagnostic tests have improved, but whether clinical disease detection also improved was unknown, so we tested if disease severity at diagnosis had changed from 198...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reid TJ,Post KD,Bruce JN,Nabi Kanibir M,Reyes-Vidal CM,Freda PU

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:A 47-year-old woman was evaluated for congenital dwarfism, primary amenorrhoea due to hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, severe hyperlipidaemia with pancreatitis, and overt diabetes mellitus associated with severe insulin resistance requiring 2.5-3 units of insulin per kilogram body weight. Chromosomal analysis with tryp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mantzoros CS,Moses AC

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A new protocol for postoperative calcium management was developed with the aim of achieving an increase in the proportion of patients being safely discharged on the first postoperative day. We present our experience with the first 50 patients treated under this new protocol. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:A cohort stud...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grodski S,Lundgren CI,Sidhu S,Sywak M,Delbridge L

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the association between serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and follicular development and endocrine responses induced by increasing doses (5·2-12·1 μg/day) of a novel recombinant human FSH (rhFSH, FE 999049) in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bosch E,Nyboe Andersen A,Barri P,García-Velasco JA,de Sutter P,Fernández-Sánchez M,Visnova H,Klein BM,Mannaerts B,Arce JC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic alterations in four oncogenes, namely RAS point mutations, RET rearrangements (RET/PTC), NTRK1 rearrangements (TRK) and BRAF point mutations have been identified in human papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). These oncogenes act along the RET/PTC(TRK)-RAS-BRAF-MEK-MAPK kinase pathway, mediating a numbe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Liu RT,Chen YJ,Chou FF,Li CL,Wu WL,Tsai PC,Huang CC,Cheng JT

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis have been implicated in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS); however, limited information is currently available on age-dependent alterations in the HPT axis. We herein investigated age-dependent differences in thyroid hormone levels in PWS children. DES...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Konishi A,Ida S,Shoji Y,Etani Y,Kawai M

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Centripetal obesity is associated with systemic low-grade inflammation and an increased cardiovascular risk. Patients in long-term remission of Cushing's syndrome (CS) report persisting abdominal fat accumulation. However, this has previously not been adequately objectified. Therefore, we investigated the adi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wagenmakers M,Roerink S,Gil L,Plantinga T,Smit J,Netea-Maier R,Hermus A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Malignant phaeochromocytomas are rare and highly aggressive tumours. This retrospective study evaluated the outcome of combined chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, vincristine and dacarbazine (also known as CVD regimen). METHODS:Patients with histologically and radiologically confirmed malignant phaeochromoc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Deutschbein T,Fassnacht M,Weismann D,Reincke M,Mann K,Petersenn S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Anaerobic capacity is impaired in adults with GH deficiency (GHD), adversely affecting physical function and quality of life (QoL). OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether GH replacement improves anaerobic capacity, physical function and QoL in adults with GHD. DESIGN:One-month double-blind placebo-controlled crosso...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chikani V,Cuneo RC,Hickman I,Ho KK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the interest of Chromogranin A (CgA) determination for diagnosis and follow-up in patients with gastroenteropancreatic endocrine tumours (GEP-ET) and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1). PATIENTS AND METHODS:CgA levels were measured with an immunoradiometric assay in 124 sporadic GEP-ET,...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nehar D,Lombard-Bohas C,Olivieri S,Claustrat B,Chayvialle JA,Penes MC,Sassolas G,Borson-Chazot F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-M syndrome is an autosomal recessive primordial growth disorder characterized by small birth size and post-natal growth restriction associated with a spectrum of minor anomalies (including a triangular-shaped face, flat cheeks, full lips, short chest and prominent fleshy heels). Unlike many other primordial short st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Clayton PE,Hanson D,Magee L,Murray PG,Saunders E,Abu-Amero SN,Moore GE,Black GC

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The role of bromocriptine in the treatment of non-functioning pituitary tumours is not yet defined. Patients with these tumours who present with visual field defects usually undergo immediate surgery. Three consecutive patients are reported: each had rapid improvement in their visual field defects following bromocript...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： D'Emden MC,Harrison LC

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old negress with the triad of acanthosis nigricans, hirsutism associated with polycystic ovaries and insulin resistance is reported. Metabolic studies were done 3 years after a bilateral ovarian wedge resection. Partial remission of the hirsutism and return of menstrual cycles occurred after surgery. Extreme...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Leme CE,Wajchenberg BL,Lerário AC,Goldman J,Borges JL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00