The effect of oxytocin infusion on adenohypophysial and adrenal cortical responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With increasing use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, pituitary adenomas are being discovered incidentally with increasing frequency. However, limited data are available concerning the clinical importance and natural history of such 'incicentalomas'. We have undertaken a prospective study...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Feldkamp J,Santen R,Harms E,Aulich A,Mödder U,Scherbaum WA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mutations in SLC16A2, the gene encoding the thyroid hormone (TH)-specific transporter monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), result in a thyroid phenotype and severe mental retardation caused by neuronal TH deficiency. These mutational effects raise the question of whether polymorphic variation in SLC16A2 may ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lago-Lestón R,Iglesias MJ,San-José E,Areal C,Eiras A,Araújo-Vilar D,Lado-Abeal J,Domínguez-Gerpe L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the metabolic effects of GH administered subcutaneously either once or twice daily. The actions of GH might depend upon a pulsatile pattern of serum GH. Pulsatile and continuous intravenous delivery of GH, however, induce similar short-term metabolic effects in GH deficien...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Laursen T,Jørgensen JO,Christiansen JS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman presented with secondary amenorrhoea in the absence of galactorrhoea, hirsutism or virilization. Investigation revealed a strikingly elevated serum testosterone, dihydrotesterone, free testosterone and LH level. At laparotomy a large granulosa cell tumour was encountered and totally removed. Analys...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Taylor HC,Velasco ME,Flores SG,Berg G,Brown TR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven healthy females referred for legal abortion between the sixth and ninth week of pregnancy were treated for 1 week with either bromocriptine, metoclopramide or placebo. Serum prolactin was significantly (P < 0.01) elevated by metoclopramide and suppressed by bromocriptine. Despite a more than tenfold diffe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Andersen AN,Hertz J,Kjer JJ,Eskildsen PC,Larsen PS,Svenstrup B,Nielsen J,Arends J

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Final adult height is determined by both childhood and pubertal growth. The later is a function of growth velocity and bone maturation, and both are regulated by growth hormone. In a study of the safety and efficacy of GH therapy, we analysed the impact of age on bone maturation and predicted adult height. P...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hochberg Z,Leiberman E,Landau H,Koren R,Zadik Z

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated correlations between age-related changes in circulating metabolites and arterial stiffness in impaired fasting glucose (IFG). DESIGN, SUBJECTS, MEASUREMENT:This prospective cohort study included 602 healthy, normal fasting glucose (NFG) subjects (30-65 years old) who underwent triennial medic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jung S,Kim M,Lee YJ,Lee SH,Lee JH

更新日期：2015-08-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a relatively common yet under-recognized genetic syndrome that may present with endocrine features. We aimed to address the factors that contribute to the high prevalence of hypocalcaemia. METHODS:We investigated hypocalcaemia in a well-characterized sample of 138 ad...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cheung EN,George SR,Costain GA,Andrade DM,Chow EW,Silversides CK,Bassett AS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Relationship between adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) and increased cardiovascular disease risk is very well known in hypopituitary patients treated with conventional hormone replacement therapy other than growth hormone (GH) administration. Endothelial dysfunction, an early and reversible event in path...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Oflaz H,Sen F,Elitok A,Cimen AO,Onur I,Kasikcioglu E,Korkmaz S,Demirturk M,Kutluturk F,Pamukcu B,Ozbey N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:Hypopituitarism, in particular GH deficiency, is prevalent in patients with clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) both before and after surgery. The factors regulating the growth of pituitary adenomas in general and residual tumour tissue in particular are not fully characterized, an...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Clausen LR,Kristiansen MT,Rasmussen LM,Billestrup N,Blaabjerg O,Ledet T,Jørgensen JO

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determined the effects of physiological (non-hypotensive) increments of plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on the vasopressin and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to insulin induced hypoglycaemia. DESIGN:Single blind, placebo controlled, randomized study of the effect of vehicle alone or ANF (2...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wittert GA,Espiner EA,Richards AM,Donald RA,Livesey JH,Yandle TG

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Reduction of plasma free fatty acids leads to enhanced GH response after stimulation by GH-releasing hormone (GHRH). We studied the clinical usefulness of combined administration of acipimox and GHRH for the diagnosis of GH deficiency. DESIGN:We evaluated 35 patients [mean age 53.0 years; mean body mass inde...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van Dam PS,Dieguez C,Cordido F,de Vries WR,Veldhuyzen BF,van Thiel E,Casanueva FF,Koppeschaar HP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stimulation with corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is one of principal tools for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. However, different dosages and species of CRH may be employed; further, ACTH levels can be measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) or immunoradiometric assay (IRMA)....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pecori Giraldi F,Invitti C,Cavagnini F,Study Group of the Italian Society of Endocrinology on the Pathophysiology of the Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The chromosomal regions containing the two putative tumour suppressors, fragile histidine triad gene (FHIT) and tumour suppressor gene 101 (TSG101), are deleted frequently in thyroid tumours. We therefore analysed FHIT and TSG101 transcripts in a group of advanced thyroid tumours to establish their role in th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McIver B,Grebe SK,Wang L,Hay ID,Yokomizo A,Liu W,Goellner JR,Grant CS,Smith DI,Eberhardt NL

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:As only sparse data are available, we aimed to investigate whether needs for activated vitamin D and calcium supplements change in women with hypoparathyroidism during pregnancy and lactation and risk of pregnancy-related complications. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records. PATIENTS:Twelve Danish ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hartogsohn EAR,Khan AA,Kjaersulf LU,Sikjaer T,Hussain S,Rejnmark L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical observations and serial determinations of serum thyroglobulin (Tg) were made in five patients with acute haemorrhage into the thyroid gland. Fever, local pain and acceleration of erythrocyte sedimentation rate were minimal or were not observed, and serum T4 and T3 were normal. Although all patients showed an ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kawamura S,Kishino B,Tajima K,Mashita K,Tarui S

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of our study was to determine the rate of neoplasms in patients with other pituitary adenomas (non-functioning and prolactinomas) in comparison with acromegaly which is known to favour the development of neoplasia. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We reviewed clinical records for 220 patients with acromegaly, 15...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Popovic V,Damjanovic S,Micic D,Nesovic M,Djurovic M,Petakov M,Obradovic S,Zoric S,Simic M,Penezic Z,Marinkovic J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have shown that Graves' disease (GD) is linked to and associated with alleles of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA4) locus. However, the true pathogenic polymorphism(s) at this locus remains uncertain. Moreover, the association studies of the promoter CTLA4(-318)C/T polymorphism in whi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vaidya B,Oakes EJ,Imrie H,Dickinson AJ,Perros P,Kendall-Taylor P,Pearce SH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Milk-alkali syndrome, once a common cause of hypercalcaemia, is now considered rare. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of milk-alkali syndrome among hypercalcaemic, non-end-stage renal disease (non-ESRD) inpatients of a University Hospital and identify patients' and syndrome characteristics. DESIGN AND ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Picolos MK,Lavis VR,Orlander PR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The rates of sensitivity and specificity of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for the diagnosis of thyroid malignancy differ considerably among various reported series. These values are influenced by three factors: (a) whether only clearly positive and negative results are considered, or whether the com...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cáp J,Ryska A,Rehorková P,Hovorková E,Kerekes Z,Pohnetalová D

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The 2017 revised Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (BSRTC) included new malignancy rates for each category as well as new management recommendations. Here, we evaluate the malignancy rate and test performance for BSRTC categories in a middle-sized institution outside the United States (US). ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Avior G,Dagan O,Shochat I,Frenkel Y,Tessler I,Meir A,Jaffe A,Cohen O

更新日期：2020-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasting plasma proinsulin, insulin and glucose concentrations were measured in ten women with mild gestational diabetes and ten controls matched for race, age (32 +/- 6 vs 31 +/- 6 years), body mass index (28 +/- 8 vs 27 +/- 6) and gestational week (24 +/- 4 vs 25 +/- 4 weeks). There was no significant difference in f...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dornhorst A,Davies M,Anyaoku V,Hampton SM,Elkeles RS,Beard RW,Johnston DG

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The molecular events leading to the development of GH-secreting pituitary tumours remain largely unknown. Gsalpha (GNAS1) mutations are found in 27-43% of sporadic GH-secreting adenomas in the Caucasian population, but the frequency of GNAS1 mutations in Japanese and Korean acromegalic patients was reported t...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yamasaki H,Mizusawa N,Nagahiro S,Yamada S,Sano T,Itakura M,Yoshimoto K

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The differentiation of benign from malignant phaeochromocytoma is difficult. We have examined whether the use of flow cytometric determination of nuclear DNA content would be useful as a predictor of malignant behaviour in patients with phaeochromocytoma as some previous studies had suggested t...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Heaney AP,O'Rourke D,Arthur K,Beatty OL,Russell CF,Sloan JM,Hamilton P,Atkinson AB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign, sellar and/or suprasellar lesions originating from the remnants of Rathke's pouch. Although a common finding in routine autopsies (12-33% of normal pituitary glands), symptomatic cases are rare and comprise 5-15% of all surgically resected sellar lesions. Small, asymptomatic RCC...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Trifanescu R,Ansorge O,Wass JA,Grossman AB,Karavitaki N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has an excellent prognosis with an indolent disease course. However, some PTMCs have an aggressive course with lateral cervical lymph node (LCLN) metastasis or distant metastasis. This study aimed to evaluate the pre-operative features of PTMC associated with LCLN meta...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jeon MJ,Chung MS,Kwon H,Kim M,Park S,Baek JH,Song DE,Sung TY,Hong SJ,Kim TY,Kim WB,Shong YK,Lee JH,Kim WG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00