Subcutaneous pulsatile glucocorticoid replacement therapy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Complications of childhood cirrhosis include abnormal growth and malnutrition, associated with abnormalities in circulating IGFs and IGFBPs. Controlled studies suggest that intensive enteral feeding enhances nutritional status. The aim was to ascertain whether nasogastric feeding improves nutritional status i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Holt RI,Miell JP,Jones JS,Mieli-Vergani G,Baker AJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A relationship between the serotoninergic and the opiatergic system in the pathogenesis of head pain is supported by several data. This study was carried out to investigate the neuroendocrine effects of sumatriptan, a specific serotonin agonist used in the treatment of migraine, on hypothalamic-pituitary-adre...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Facchinetti F,Nappi RE,Sances G,Fioroni L,Nappi G,Genazzani AR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raised activity of the LH axis caused by activating mutations of LH receptor gene presents with precocious puberty in boys, analogous to the presentation of LH secreting pituitary adenomas (Faggiano et al., 1983; Ambrosi et al., 1990). LH "hyperactivity' in females appears to have no effect. Hyperactivity of the FSH a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Conway GS

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Iodine deficiency during pregnancy results in thyroid dysfunction and has been associated with adverse obstetric and foetal effects, leading to worldwide salt iodization programmes. As nowadays 69% of the world's population lives in iodine-sufficient regions, we investigated the effects of variation in iodine...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Medici M,Ghassabian A,Visser W,de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM,Jaddoe VW,Visser WE,Hooijkaas H,Hofman A,Steegers EA,Bongers-Schokking JJ,Ross HA,Tiemeier H,Visser TJ,de Rijke YB,Peeters RP

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Macroprolactinomas are pituitary tumours that can be managed with dopamine agonists (DA), surgery and radiotherapy. We aimed to assess the outcomes of these treatment modalities. DESIGN:Retrospective case-note study of patients managed in a single tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS:One hundred patients (68...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Green AI,Sherlock M,Stewart PM,Gittoes NJ,Toogood AA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of adverse effects of methimazole (MMI) have been reported. Here we report a new MMI-induced disorder, acute pancreatitis and parotitis. Three weeks after a woman started MMI treatment for Graves' disease, she developed a high fever, painful parotid swelling and dull pain in the upper abdomen with eleva...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Taguchi M,Yokota M,Koyano H,Endo Y,Ozawa Y

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of equivalent doses of two inhibitors of the 3-beta-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase enzyme system--WIN 24540 (trilostane) and WIN 32729--on the secretion of progesterone in early human pregnancy are described. Patients and controls less than 12 weeks pregnant were given a single dose of either drug and the r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van der Spuy ZM,Jones DL,Wright CS,Piura B,Paintin DB,James VH,Jacobs HS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis is associated with altered synthesis and secretion of several growth factors. AIM:The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the potential implication of IGF-I and its major binding protein (IGFBP-3) in the development of hepatocellula...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mattera D,Capuano G,Colao A,Pivonello R,Manguso F,Puzziello A,D'Agostino L

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed puberty is defined arbitrarily on the basis of statistical consideration, when no signs of puberty have occurred at 2.0 SD (13.4 years in girls and 13.8 in boys) above the mean chronological age for the onset of puberty. The vast majority of these patients have no endocrine abnormality and their pubertal devel...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Albanese A,Stanhope R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Foetal exposure to high testosterone concentrations seems to be involved in the development of mammalian brain and related to pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that children born from hyperandrogenic women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) ar...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Palomba S,Marotta R,Di Cello A,Russo T,Falbo A,Orio F,Tolino A,Zullo F,Esposito R,La Sala GB

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fracture risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus with insulin resistance is increased, despite relatively preserved bone mineral density (BMD). In this study, we investigated the relationship between insulin resistance and composite indices of femoral neck strength in Koreans. DESIGN:A population-based, cross-secti...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ahn SH,Kim H,Kim BJ,Lee SH,Koh JM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is increasing evidence for the role of cytokines in pituitary differentiated function and tumorigenesis, but the spectrum of cytokines found in the pituitary is unknown. Therefore profiles of cytokine expression were determined in different human anterior pituitary adenoma sub-types. DESIGN:The reverse...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Green VL,Atkin SL,Speirs V,Jeffreys RV,Landolt AM,Mathew B,Hipkin L,White MC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with acromegaly demonstrate impaired quality of life (QoL), but data on long-term QoL changes in treated acromegaly are limited. This study evaluates and identifies factors that influence QoL in patients with long-term biochemical remission. DESIGN:The study consists of a cross-sectional arm compari...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kyriakakis N,Lynch J,Gilbey SG,Webb SM,Murray RD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis were reacted with normal T lymphocyte preparations in an attempt to detect binding of immunoglobulin G (IgG) to T cells. Sera from normal subjects and patients with toxic adenomas served as controls. Each serum was reacted with at least three differen...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pacini F,Sridama V,Pressendo J,DeGroot LJ,Medof ME

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Alopecia is a frequent feature in hereditary resistance to (1,25(OH)2D). We sought insight into this feature by analysing data from affected members of 30 kindreds. We assessed indices of mineral metabolism in one group with normal hair compared with a group with alopecia. Hereditary resistance to 1,25(OH)2D was diagn...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Marx SJ,Bliziotes MM,Nanes M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Riedel's thyroiditis (RT) is a very rare chronic fibrosing thyroiditis that is often associated with multifocal fibrosclerosis. Although the relationship of RT and IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) has been suggested, the expression of IgG and IgG4 in thyroid tissues of patients with RT has seldom been studied. ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yu Y,Liu J,Yu N,Zhang Y,Zhang S,Li T,Gao Y,Lu G,Zhang J,Guo X

更新日期：2020-12-10 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether maternal vitamin D supplementation, in the vitamin D deficient mother, prevents neonatal vitamin D deficiency. DESIGN:Open-label randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, tertiary hospital routine antenatal outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS:Seventy-eight wom...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rodda CP,Benson JE,Vincent AJ,Whitehead CL,Polykov A,Vollenhoven B

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:There is evidence that the porcine TSH receptor contains essential disulphide bridge(s) which can be disrupted by dithiothreitol (DTT). The aim of the present study was to determine whether exposure of intact thyroid cells to DTT leads to altered thyroid stimulation. TSH-stimulated iodine organification in cultured po...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ginsberg J,Rafter DJ,von Westarp C,Murray PG

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：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：:We report six cases of autoimmune thyroid disease associated with chronic urticaria and briefly review the literature, including the histopathological nature of such lesions, and their aetiology and pathogenesis. In view of the prevalence of thyroid disease in patients with chronic urticaria, screening measurements of...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Monge C,Demarco P,Burman KD,Wartofsky L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genotype and phenotype heterogeneity in patients with GH insensitivity syndrome suggests that partial defects exist in the GH receptor. Children with partial GH resistance would be expected to have short stature, elevated GH levels and relatively low levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3. Provocation tests of the GH-IG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cotterill AM,Camacho-Hübner C,Duquesnoy P,Savage MO

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several weeks after thyroidectomy (T), female rats stopped growing, and their pituitary GH content had decreased to less than 2--3% of the values found for age-matched controls (C). The liver membranes of such animals were explored with human GH (hGH). It was found that in the severely hypothyroid T rat, the number, b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Duran-Garcia S,Gomez-Nieto J,Fouchereau-Peron M,Padron VF,Obregon MJ,Morreale de Escobar G,Escobar del Rey F

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effects of thiazide medication in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) have so far not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to analyse the extent to which the administration of thiazides may influence biochemical parameters and therefore the diagnosis of PHPT in a large cohort of patient...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Riss P,Kammer M,Selberherr A,Bichler C,Kaderli R,Scheuba C,Niederle B

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of serum calcium, PTH, CT and gastrin to an infusion of secretin (3 CU/kg/h) over a period of 90 min was studied in ten healthy males and two female patients with hypoparathyroidism. In the healthy males serum calcium, after a transient fall, significantly increased at 45 min after the onset of the infusi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lo Cascio V,Piubello W,Cominacini L,Vantini I,Galvanini G,Ederle A,Cavallini G,Scuro LA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00