Chemerin and prediction of Diabetes mellitus type 2.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postsurgical regrowth or recurrence of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFAs) is not uncommon and often requires further surgery or radiotherapy (DXT). Routine postoperative DXT increases the incidence of hypopituitarism, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Identification of genetic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Buch HN,Raskauskiene D,Bahar A,Bicknell EJ,Farrell WE,Clayton RN

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postablation whole-body scintigraphy, which is performed 5-7 days after administration of ablation activity of radioactive iodine-131 (131 I) in patients with thyroid cancer, is considered a routine procedure for remnant ablation and a useful tool for disease staging. However, the relationship of pre-ablation...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Liu B,Chen Y,Jiang L,He Y,Huang R,Kuang A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is associated with a varied clinical presentation. The cardiac effects of RTH have been described but vascular function has yet to be fully evaluated in this condition. We have measured the arterial function of those with RTH to assess any vascular changes. DESIGN:An obser...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Owen PJ,Chatterjee VK,John R,Halsall D,Lazarus JH

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To explore differences in irisin concentrations between lean adolescents with PCOS and age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls and examine the associations of irisin with core features of the syndrome. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. PATIENTS:Lean females with PCOS, aged 13-21 years. MEASUREMENTS:Phy...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bacopoulou F,Athanasopoulos N,Efthymiou V,Mantzou A,Aravantinos L,Vlahopoulos S,Deligeoroglou E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) may be detected by measuring cyclic AMP increases in cultures of isolated thyroid cells in response to added patient immunoglobulins (Ig). We have compared the frequency that TSI may be detected in the Ig fraction of 114 sera from 112 patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grant SJ,Luttrell BM,Hales IB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective African-Americans have been shown to have low prevalence of hypothyroidism. Brazil has a high ethnic admixture allowing further exploration into whether environmental factors can explain the ethnic differences. Design A survey, representative of the population of Rio de Janeiro, a large metropolitan city in ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sichieri R,Baima J,Marante T,de Vasconcellos MT,Moura AS,Vaisman M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Associations between calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) polymorphisms and serum calcium, PTH and bone mineral density (BMD) have been reported by six studies. However, three other studies have failed to detect such associations. We therefore further investigated three CaSR coding region polymorphisms (Ala986Ser...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Harding B,Curley AJ,Hannan FM,Christie PT,Bowl MR,Turner JJ,Barber M,Gillham-Nasenya I,Hampson G,Spector TD,Thakker RV

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine cancer and commonly presents with lymph node (LN) metastases. The role of surgical removal of the central cervical LN compartment is poorly defined. There are no prospective randomized controlled trials addressing the relevance to the extent of the initial...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mulla M,Schulte KM

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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

abstract：:Plasma glucagon response to an arginine infusion was studied in children and adolescents belonging to the following groups: (I) twenty-two controls; (II) six subjects with delayed insulin peak during oral GTT; (III) ten diabetics on diet and/or oral therapy; (IV) six newly diagnosed uncompensated diabetics; and (V) ei...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Josefsberg Z,Laron Z,Doron M,Keret R,Belinski Y,Weismann I

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess approaches to patients with a potentially malignant thyroid nodule and patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and compare them with the European Consensus and Guidelines by the American Thyroid Association. DESIGN:A survey of the 388 active members of the Belgian Thyroid Club. METHODS:A qu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Van den Bruel A,Moreno-Reyes R,Bex M,Daumerie C,Glinoer D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pituitary responsiveness to GnRH varies throughout the normal menstrual cycle. We have investigated whether there are differences in the ovarian mechanisms which regulate gonadotrophin secretion between the follicular and the luteal phase of the cycle. DESIGN:Normally ovulating women were studied during the ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Alexandris E,Milingos S,Kollios G,Seferiadis K,Lolis D,Messinis IE

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gonadotrophin response testosterone producing adrenal cortical adenoma in a 61-year-old woman is described. Oophorectomy was performed before adrenalectomy as at first an ovarian origin of excess and androgen production was suspected. The hypophyseal gonadal feedback system was studied after oophorectomy using LHRH ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： de Lange WE,Pratt JJ,Doorenbos H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that L-thyroxine treated patients may often have elevated serum T4 concentrations and yet show no clinical signs of hyperthyroidism. We found that such patients had normal serum T3 concentrations. The present study explored the relationship between serum T3 and T4 and dosage of L-thyroxine....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rendell M,Salmon D

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：: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:Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adults has been associated with impaired health status and quality of life (QoL) in several studies using generic measures, and in a few studies using recently developed disease-specific measures. Theoretically, disease-specific measures may be more sensitive and succinct th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wirén L,Whalley D,McKenna S,Wilhelmsen L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report and explore potential reasons for undetectable or low-normal serum intact PTH levels in patients with surgically verified primary hyperparathyroidism with parathyroid adenomas, review the relevant literature, and offer suggestions for management of such patients occasionally encountered in clinical...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bhadada SK,Cardenas M,Bhansali A,Mittal BR,Behera A,Chanukya GV,Nahar U,Rao DS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of plasma immunoreactive met-enkephalin (IR-met-enkephalin) to ethanol (8 g by mouth) after chlorpropamide (250 mg daily for 14 d) was studied in three groups of non-insulin dependent diabetics (a) six diabetics who showed chlorpropamide alcohol flush (CPAF) and in whom the reaction could be blocked by in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Johnston C,Wiles PG,Medbak S,Bowcock S,Cooke ED,Pyke DA,Rees LH

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Cushing's syndrome are reported in which apparently autonomous adrenal adenomata were associated with the presence of pituitary tumours. In one case the patient was apparently cured by unilateral adrenalectomy, although she was noted to have radiological evidence of an intrasellar tumour; serum cortisol w...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sturrock ND,Morgan L,Jeffcoate WJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Besides medullary thyroid carcinoma and other endocrinopathies, people with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 (MEN2) are at risk of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of GI symptoms on the daily lives of patients with MEN2. DESIGN:An online survey was conducted among patient...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Goncharova M,Grey J,Druce M

更新日期：2020-11-10 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：OBJECTIVE:Vascular dysfunction and accelerated atherosclerosis are prominent features of hypothyroidism. The relative roles of thyroid hormone (TH) deficiency and the associated vascular risk conditions are still unclear. We studied the impact of acute and chronic hypothyroidism on vascular reactivity. PATIENTS:We stu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Napoli R,Guardasole V,Zarra E,D'Anna C,De Sena A,Lupoli GA,Oliviero U,Matarazzo M,Lupoli G,Saccà L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While an association between androgens and the metabolic syndrome (MS) is well established in obese women, studies concerning this relationship are scarce in obese adolescent girls. Therefore, we analysed the relationships between androgens, MS and intima-media thickness (IMT) in this age-group. METHODS:In ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： de Sousa G,Brodoswki C,Kleber M,Wunsch R,Reinehr T

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：: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