Preconception TSH and pregnancy outcomes: a population-based cohort study in 184 611 women.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationship of quantitative GH secretion to height, growth velocity and puberty is complex and has been the subject of extensive study in children. This study was designed to relate quantitative GH secretion to final height. SUBJECTS:Twenty tall (> 183 cm, 90th centile for adult height) and 20 short (< ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Trainer PJ,Palermo M,Kirk JM,Fanciulli G,Perry LH,Delitala G,Besser GM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Various studies have demonstrated coexistence of ovarian and adrenal hyperandrogenism in women. This study was designed to determine whether testosterone can increase the response of the adrenal gland to stimulation by adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH). DESIGN:Non-randomized intervention in a university teaching h...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Polderman KH,Gooren LJ,van der Veen EA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of differences in glucocorticoid sensitivity between normal and cystic fibrosis fibroblasts was studied in cultured cells derived from forearm skin biopsies. Both normal and cystic fibrosis cells bound tritiated dexamethasone with high affinity (Kd 37 degrees C approximately equal to 10 nmol/1) to a li...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Khalid BA,Gyorki S,Warne GL,Funder JW

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total and free thyroid hormones were measured in a group of asymptomatic subjects with high circulating TSH concentrations and a previous history of radioiodine therapy. Subjects in the high TSH group all fell within the normal range for measurements of total T4, total T3 and T4/TBG ratio. Concentrations of free T4 or...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Franklyn JA,Sheppard MC,Ramsden DB,Hoffenberg R

更新日期：1984-05-01 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: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:To study the mechanism through which mifepristone interrupts folliculogenesis. DESIGN:Normally ovulating women undergoing donor intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment were investigated during two menstrual cycles treated with gonadotrophins. In the first cycle (FSH cycle), the women were given 150 IU reco...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Messinis IE,Krishnan M,Kazem R,Khadilkar S,Templeton AA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the present study we have performed a grey-scale quantitative analysis of thyroid echogenicity in the patients affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), obtaining a numerical estimate of the degree of hypoechogenicity associated with the appearance of thyroid dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study g...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mazziotti G,Sorvillo F,Iorio S,Carbone A,Romeo A,Piscopo M,Capuano S,Capuano E,Amato G,Carella C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Serum IGF-I levels are monitored during GH replacement treatment in adults with GH deficiency (GHD) to guide GH dose adjustment and to minimize occurrence of GH-related side-effects. This is not routine practice in children treated with GH. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in (1) serum IGF-I, IGF...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tillmann V,Patel L,Gill MS,Whatmore AJ,Price DA,Kibirige MS,Wales JK,Clayton PE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oral glucose (40 g/m2 body surface area) on the leucocyte 22Na efflux rate constants (ERC) was studied in 13 normal weight and 10 obese subjects. The ouabain-sensitive 22Na ERC was higher in leucocytes isolated from fasting obese subjects (median [range] for obese 2.77 [2.33-3.11] vs normals 1.91 [1.57-2...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ng LL,Hockaday TD

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Standard drug information resources recommend that l-thyroxine be taken half an hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, to prevent interference of its intestinal uptake by food or medication. We observed cases in which TSH levels improved markedly after changing the administration time of l-thyroxine to th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bolk N,Visser TJ,Kalsbeek A,van Domburg RT,Berghout A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the current study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of high mobility group A2 (HMGA2) gene expression for differentiation of malignant thyroid nodules through a systematic review and meta-analysis. DESIGN:The MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE database, from the earliest available date of i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kim BH,Kim SJ,Kim M,Lee SW,Jeong SY,Pak K,Kim K,Kim IJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between circulating leptin levels, bone mineral content and density in the elderly. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. PATIENTS:A cohort of 92 men and 171 women, with ages ranging from 68 to 75 years, selected as a healthy and normal functioning group, in the city centre of Verona. ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zoico E,Zamboni M,Adami S,Vettor R,Mazzali G,Tosoni P,Bissoli L,Bosello O

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied three patients (1M, 2F), age range 10.9 to 15.5 years, who had abnormal sexual maturation secondary to primary hypothyroidism. The boy had inappropriately large testes for his stage of puberty, the girls had isolated breast development and there was absence of pubertal growth acceleration. FSH, LH, TSH...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pringle PJ,Stanhope R,Hindmarsh P,Brook CG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone release-inhibiting hormone (GHR-IH) was administered to five patients with abnormal pituitary-adrenal function. There was immediate suppression by about 50% of ACTH levels in two patients who had undergone bilateral adrenalectomy because of Cushing's disease; one of them had Nelson's syndrome. Bromocryp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Benker G,Hackenberg K,Hamburger B,Reinwein D

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactation has been associated with suppression of some components of the neuroendocrine stress response. In humans, suppression of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been demonstrated in response to both a psychological and an exercise challenge, but appears to be limited to a short period of time follow...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kaye J,Soothill P,Hunt M,Lightman S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Calcium absorption is an important determinant of calcium retention and bone metabolism. However, most methods of measuring calcium absorption, including the well-established dual stable isotope method, are costly and cumbersome to implement. We evaluated whether an oral calcium tolerance test (OCTT), which i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ceglia L,Abrams SA,Harris SS,Rasmussen HM,Dallal GE,Dawson-Hughes B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma) agonists such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) through effects on fat metabolism whereas GH stimulates lipolysis and induces insulin resistance. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of TZDs on f...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Krag MB,Nielsen S,Guo Z,Pedersen SB,Schmitz O,Christiansen JS,Jørgensen JO

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman presented with amenorrhoea, hyperprolactinaemia and sellar mass. Bromocriptine normalized PRL levels but failed to suppress tumour growth. Subsequently, she developed clinical signs and elevated blood cortisol levels consistent with a diagnosis of Cushing's disease. A pituitary tumour was removed w...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ikeda H,Yoshimoto T,Kovacs K,Horvath E

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The protein polymorphism of the GH receptor caused by genomic deletion of exon 3 (d3) has been linked to the magnitude of the first-year-growth response to GH in girls with Turner syndrome. Here, we studied the long-term effect of GH therapy in Turner syndrome in correlation to this polymorphism. DESIGN:The ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Binder G,Trebar B,Baur F,Schweizer R,Ranke MB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diagnosing thyroid nodules preoperatively using traditional diagnostic tools - ultrasonography (US) and cytology - still carries a considerable degree of uncertainty, and surgery is recommended for a far from negligible number of patients simply for diagnostic purposes. Thyroid elastosonography (USE) and BRAF...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nacamulli D,Nico L,Barollo S,Zambonin L,Pennelli G,Girelli ME,Casal Ide E,Pelizzo MR,Vianello F,Negro I,Watutantrige-Fernando S,Mantero F,Rugge M,Mian C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The autoimmune thyroid diseases, Graves disease and autoimmune hypothyroidism, result from a complex interaction between genetic, environmental and endogenous factors. The genetic loci conferring susceptibility remain unclear. A recent report has demonstrated an association between a microsatellite polymorphi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kotsa K,Watson PF,Weetman AP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only five cases of growth hormone secreting pituitary carcinoma have been documented. We present a 49-year-old West Indian male with grossly elevated plasma growth hormone (760-10,400 mU/l), and a large aggressive pituitary tumour that continued to grow despite repeated pituitary surgery, radiotherapy and medical ther...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stewart PM,Carey MP,Graham CT,Wright AD,London DR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of nutritional supplementation on growth and puberty in constitutionally delayed children. PATIENTS:One hundred and two boys, 13.6-15.5 years of age, who were referred because of short stature and delayed puberty. METHODS:The boys were randomly allocated to one of the following treatmen...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zadik Z,Sinai T,Zung A,Reifen R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in-vivo reaction of the plasma GH concentration to the administration of the somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995, bromocriptine and their combination were compared with the in-vitro effects of both compounds and their combination on GH release and the GH tumour cell content of 9 acromegalic patients. Exposure of cul...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lamberts SW,Verleun T,Hofland L,Del Pozo E

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cranial irradiation frequently results in growth hormone (GH) deficiency. Patients with radiation-induced GH deficiency usually remain responsive to exogenous growth hormone releasing hormone, implying radiation damages the hypothalamus rather than the pituitary. Little is known about the effect of cranial ir...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ogilvy-Stuart AL,Wallace WH,Shalet SM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We were able to observe the effect of withdrawal of endogenous sympathetic drive in a hypertensive patient with an aldosterone-secreting adrenal adenoma. Acute stimulation of both carotid sinus nerves lowered blood pressure to normotensive or hypotensive levels by reducing peripheral resistance. When chronic carotid s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nicholls MG,Julius S,Zweifler AJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abnormal serum liver function tests are common in patients with untreated thyrotoxicosis, even prior to the initiation of antithyroidal medications that may worsen the severity of the abnormal serum liver biochemistries. There is a wide range of the incidence of these abnormalities in the published literature...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lin TY,Shekar AO,Li N,Yeh MW,Saab S,Wilson M,Leung AM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recently, a somatic point mutation of the BRAF gene (V599E) has been identified as the most common genetic event in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with a variable frequency (about 25-70%) in different series from USA, Japan, Portugal and Ukraine. DESIGN:In the present study, the genetic analysis of BRAF i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fugazzola L,Mannavola D,Cirello V,Vannucchi G,Muzza M,Vicentini L,Beck-Peccoz P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The human DIMINUTO/DWARF1 homolog seladin-1/DHCR24 has been recently reported to be up-regulated in adrenocortical adenomas. Seladin-1 expression has been reported in the normal ovary. Granulosa cell tumours of the ovary (GCT) as with adrenocortical adenomas arise from a steroidogenic tissue, respond to pitui...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fuller PJ,Alexiadis M,Jobling T,McNeilage J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00