Persistent centripetal fat distribution and metabolic abnormalities in patients in long-term remission of Cushing's syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:IGF-1 stimulates growth, development and function of lymphocytes. The aim of this study was to examine whether functional variants of the IGF-1 gene are associated with absolute lymphocyte subset counts in neonates. STUDY DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS:This study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a prospectiv...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Duijts L,Bakker-Jonges LE,Mook-Kanamori DO,Labout JA,Hofman A,van Duijn CM,van Dongen JJ,Hooijkaas H,Moll HA,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features, diagnosis and management of 16 consecutive patients with ectopic ACTH production are described and biochemical data are compared with those of 48 consecutive patients with pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease. In 10 cases the ectopic ACTH secreting tumour was completely occult to routine clinic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Howlett TA,Drury PL,Perry L,Doniach I,Rees LH,Besser GM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was to examine indirectly the effect of endogenous progesterone, a known competitor for 5 alpha-reductase, on androgen metabolism in target organs in hirsute women. Serum levels of progesterone, testosterone (T), androstenedione (A), dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and 5 alpha-androstane 3 alpha 17 beta-diol (3 a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dewis P,Newman M,Anderson DC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-dependent decline of the gonadal and somatotopic axis has been causally linked to frailty in the elderly by their effects on muscle mass and bone mineral density. However, for healthy men data on serum oestrogens and androgens, as well as IGF-1, as a common outcome measure covering the whole adult age range ar...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Leifke E,Gorenoi V,Wichers C,Von Zur Mühlen A,Von Büren E,Brabant G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate whether, in the absence of gonads, GH could bring forward the age of neuroendocrine activation resulting in onset of puberty. DESIGN:In girls with Turner's syndrome, we evaluated the effects of GH therapy on developmental changes in FSH serum concentrations used as an indicator of ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bourguignon JP,Gérard A,Deby-Dupont G,Franchimont P

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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：: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：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：UNLABELLED:A diagnosis of bilateral pheochromocytoma warrants exclusion of hereditary pheochromocytoma. OBJECTIVE:To describe the first case of a bilateral pheochromocytoma associated with V804M mutation in the RET proto-oncogene. PATIENTS:The index case was a 54-year-old man with bilateral adrenal masses discovered ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Recasens M,Oriola J,Fernández-Real JM,Roig J,Rodríguez-Hermosa JI,Font JA,Galofre P,López-Bermejo A,Ricart W

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Whether nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can predict atherosclerosis in obese patients remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the usefulness of NAFLD and other cardiometabolic parameters in predicting subclinical atherosclerosis in obese patients. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:W...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Puig J,Blasco G,Daunis-I-Estadella J,Loshuertos E,Codina J,Cuba V,Ortiz R,Xifra G,Ricart W,Pedraza S,Federici M,Fernández-Real JM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, and surgical treatment of obese patients as part of a multidisciplinary approach seems to provide faster results than diet therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dermolipectomy on insulin action and inflammatory markers in 20 obe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rizzo MR,Paolisso G,Grella R,Barbieri M,Grella E,Ragno E,Grella R,Nicoletti G,D'Andrea F

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:We postulated the mechanism for the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and insulin sensitivity might relate to changes in blood flow regulation. We studied the association of this polymorphism with insulin action, and insulin-mediated changes in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Foo M,Coppack SW,Denver AE,Bulmer K,Yudkin JS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-tumour causes of hyperprolactinaemia, including prolactin-elevating drugs, must be excluded. There is a general view that such drugs are unlikely to raise serum PRL above 3000 mU/I, but the literature is confusing. We report 8 patients receiving treatment with neuroleptic drugs, whose serum PRL concentrat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pollock A,McLaren EH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macroadenomas represent 50% of pituitary tumours and are often (30%) nonfunctioning. Their immunophenotype suggests differentiation toward a specific pituitary cell line. A substantial proportion of tumours with particularly aggressive behaviour are so called 'silent subtype 3 adenoma'. Its diagnosis require...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Erickson D,Scheithauer B,Atkinson J,Horvath E,Kovacs K,Lloyd RV,Young WF Jr

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An inverse relationship has been shown between body mass index (BMI) and the peak growth hormone (GH) response to stimulation in adults and in children with short stature. This relation is observed even within a normal range of BMI. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of BMI on the GH respons...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Loche S,Guzzetti C,Pilia S,Ibba A,Civolani P,Porcu M,Minerba L,Casini MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 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:Acromegaly is associated with increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease and from stroke in particular. Fibrinogen is an established risk factor for stroke and myocardial infarction and high levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) activity were predictive of a recurrent myocardi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Landin-Wilhelmsen K,Tengborn L,Wilhelmsen L,Bengtsson BA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare ultrasonography and 99mTc thyroid scintigraphy for the aetiologic diagnosis of permanent congenital hypothyroidism (CH). STUDY DESIGN:Eighty-eight consecutive patients with CH were recruited at an endocrinology outpatient clinic and submitted to high-frequency ultrasonography and to 99mTc scintigr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kreisner E,Camargo-Neto E,Maia CR,Gross JL

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：: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:We have recently demonstrated multiple aberrations in the GH-IGF axis in the sera of children with untreated insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) which were restored after insulin replacement. However, the net result of these alterations in the IGF system on the concentrations of free/biologically avail...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bereket A,Lang CH,Blethen SL,Ng LC,Wilson TA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves' Ophthalmopathy (GO) is a complex eye and orbital disorder that is uniquely linked to Graves' Hyperthyroidism (GH) and has traditionally been considered a cross-reactive immune response against the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) in orbital tissue. However, because there is no direct evide...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wescombe L,Lahooti H,Gopinath B,Wall JR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-endocrine tumours are capable of production of ectopic hormones, precursor molecules subunits and hormone-related fragments. The measurement of these may provide biochemical markers of malignancy, allowing presymptomatic diagnosis which may lead ultimately to an improved prognosis for the patient. The study of ect...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rees LH

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently developed radioimmunoassay for direct measurement of 18-hydroxycortisol (18-OH-F) in plasma and urine has been used to study the physiology of this newly described steroid in normal subjects. Plasma levels of 18-OH-F show a circadian variation similar to that of cortisol and are increased and suppressed by ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Corrie JE,Edwards CR,Jones DB,Padfield PL,Budd PS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop an assay for the measurement of thyroid blocking antibodies (TBAb), based on the ability of patient serum to inhibit TSH stimulated 3H-cAMP production following incubation of FRTL-5 or JPO9 cells with 3H-adenine. The assay was then used to evaluate a child born with neonat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Michelangeli VP,Poon CW,Arnus EE,Frauman AG,Connelly J,Colman PG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The insulin tolerance test (ITT) has been suggested as the gold standard for diagnosing GH deficiency (GHD). The ITT is, however, potentially hazardous. Glucose monitoring during the ITT varies between centres and there is surprisingly little information on the actual level of blood glucose nadir and the dura...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Holmer H,Link K,Erfurth EM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Germline mutations in four genes (RET, VHL, SDHB and SDHD) are detected in about 17% of patients with apparently sporadic pheochromocytoma. Thus, genetic screening of all patients with this disease is suggested for a rational diagnostic approach and management. OBJECTIVE:To report the clinical, biochemical and...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： D'Elia AV,Grimaldi F,Pizzolitto S,De Maglio G,Bregant E,Passon N,Franzoni A,Verrienti A,Tamburrano G,Durante C,Filetti S,Fogolari F,Russo D,Damante G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00