Factors affecting the secretion of 18-hydroxycortisol, a novel steroid of relevance to Conn's syndrome.

abstract：CONTEXT:Vitamin D deficiency is widely prevalent throughout the world. Pregnant women, neonates and infants form most vulnerable groups for vitamin D deficiency. OBJECTIVE:(1) To find prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women. (2) To evaluate the effect of supplementation with cholecalciferol in improving v...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sablok A,Batra A,Thariani K,Batra A,Bharti R,Aggarwal AR,Kabi BC,Chellani H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After administration of intravenous metoclopramide, a dopaminergic receptor blocking agent, no rise in thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) could be found in patients with chronic renal failure, in contrast to non-uraemic controls. Basal TSH values were normal in the uraemic patients but the TSH response to thyrotrophin-...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Weetman AP,Weightman DR,Scanlon MF

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nine patients with thyrotoxicosis (three patients with ophthalmopathy, one patient with T3 thyrotoxicosis) we followed plasma levels of triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) and the TRH induced TSH release before and under treatment with propythiouracil (PTU), carbimazole or methimazol. The patients were observe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： von zur Mühlen A,Hesch RD,Köbberling J

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnosis of the nonclassical form of 21-hydroxylase (NC-21OH) deficiency, established before molecular studies, is based on basal 17OH-progesterone (17OH-P) values > 15 nmol/l or ACTH-stimulated 17OH-P values > 30 nmol/l. This disease is caused by mutations in the structural gene that can be grouped into...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bachega TA,Billerbeck AE,Marcondes JA,Madureira G,Arnhold IJ,Mendonca BB

更新日期：2000-05-01 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: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：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Acylation-stimulating protein (ASP) is an adipose tissue-derived hormone, which stimulates glucose and free fatty acid (FFA) uptake into adipocytes. Changes in ASP metabolism are associated with alterations in lipid metabolism. As postnatal catch-up growth has been associated with dyslipidaemia in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Leunissen RW,Gao Y,Cianflone K,Stijnen T,Hokken-Koelega AC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Autoimmune thyroiditis is one of the most common autoimmune disorders. Autoantibodies against the thyroid gland, with thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab) and thyroglobulin antibody (Tg-Ab) as the most common autoantibodies, can often be demonstrated in serum in population surveys. In the present st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pedersen IB,Knudsen N,Jørgensen T,Perrild H,Ovesen L,Laurberg P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Insulin and glucocorticoids are known to increase total leptin levels. However, the effects of insulin and glucocorticoids on the components of the leptin system - free leptin (FL), bound leptin (BL) and soluble leptin receptor (SR) - have not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine if there i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lewandowski K,Randeva HS,O'Callaghan CJ,Horn R,Medley GF,Hillhouse EW,Brabant G,O'Hare P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:  Surgical remission rates for acromegaly vary and are dependent on the tumour morphology, biochemical definition of disease remission and surgical expertise. A previous report from the Manchester region in 1998 reported an overall surgical remission rate of 27% using accepted criteria for biochemical remi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wang YY,Higham C,Kearney T,Davis JR,Trainer P,Gnanalingham KK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We wished to develop optimal criteria for interpreting the single-dose overnight metyrapone test and to compare the diagnostic efficiency of the overnight and the standard 6-dose metyrapone tests for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. DESIGN:Retrospective pilot study based on al...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Avgerinos PC,Nieman LK,Oldfield EH,Cutler GB Jr

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

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：CONTEXT:Steroid 5α-reductase type 2 deficiency (5α-RD2) is a male-limited, autosomal recessive inherited disease. Affected 46, XY individuals usually present with ambiguous genitalia at birth. An early and precise diagnosis is of great value to the long-term prognosis of the disease. OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zhu H,Liu W,Han B,Fan M,Zhao S,Wang H,Lu Y,Pan C,Chen F,Chen M,Song H,Cheng K,Qiao J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Levothyroxine suppressive therapy (LT4-therapy), aimed at shrinking thyroid nodules is controversial. Despite evidence of limited effect and long-term side-effects, questionnaire surveys indicate widespread use. Our aim was to determine, in consecutive nontoxic goitre patients, the proportion ineligible for L...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fast S,Bonnema SJ,Hegedüs L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPO), the thyroid 'microsomal' antigen, are widely utilized in the diagnosis of human autoimmune thyroid disease. Crude human thyroid preparations of TPO are of differing potency, contain residual thyroglobulin (Tg) and other human membrane antigens, and are available in only limi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kendler DL,Martin A,Magnusson RP,Davies TF

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Hypoparathyroidism is characterized by hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia, and low or inappropriately normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Idiopathic or genetic drivers are the predominant causes of hypoparathyroidism in paediatric-age patients. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the aetiology and clinical c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kim JH,Shin YL,Yang S,Cheon CK,Cho JH,Lee BH,Kim GH,Lee JO,Seo EJ,Choi JH,Yoo HW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prolactin (PRL) response to fenfluramine (FEN), a serotonin (5-HT) releasing agent, is used as an index of 5-HT sensitivity in studying disorders associated with central 5-HT abnormality. Plasma oestrogen levels are known to augment PRL responses to a variety of stimuli. In order to examine the effect that ovarian...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： O'Keane V,O'Hanlon M,Webb M,Dinan T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum prolactin concentrations have been measured at 15 min intervals for 2 h on 240 occasions in 227 patients with symptoms which could have been due to hyperprolactinaemic gonadal dysfunction. Of the 227, 138 had at least one elevated random prolactin level. Overall, 22% showed no significant fluctuation in prolacti...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Moult PJ,Dacie JE,Rees LH,Besser GM

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies investigating cardiovascular (CV) risk in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have been potentially confounded by not adequately accounting for body weight. OBJECTIVE:To assess if PCOS increases CV risk independently in young obese women by examining carotid intima-media wal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kahal H,Aburima A,Ungvari T,Rigby AS,Dawson AJ,Coady AM,Vince RV,Ajjan RA,Kilpatrick ES,Naseem KM,Atkin SL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate low serum adiponectin level as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). A meta-analysis was performed to quantitatively analyse the association of serum total adiponectin level with CVD using previous case-control studies in Han Chinese populations. METHODS:Several electroni...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zhang BC,Liu WJ,Che WL,Xu YW

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The insulin tolerance test (ITT) is contraindicated in a proportion of patients with suspected ACTH deficiency. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the glucagon stress test (GST) compared with the overnight metyrapone test (OMT) in patients with contraindications to ITT. DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cegla J,Jones B,Seyani L,Papadoulou D,Wynne K,Martin NM,Meeran K,Chapman R,Donaldson M,Goldstone AP,Tan T

更新日期：2013-05-01 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 determine whether early (4-8h) post-operative ACTH after trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS) predicts long-term hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function and to investigate early morning day 1 ACTH/cortisol variability using rapid sampling. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. METHODS:Participants...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： English KA,Chikani V,Jang C,Dimeski G,Olson S,Inder WJ

更新日期：2020-12-28 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：:The association of invasive fibrous thyroiditis (IFT) with foci of extracervical fibrosclerosis is well recognized. Affected sites include the retroperitoneum, the mediastinum, the biliary tract, and the orbit. The development of subcutaneous fibrosclerosis, however, is extremely rare. We report a patient with known i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Natt N,Heufelder AE,Hay ID,Grant CS,Goellner JR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 63 consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) a prospective screening study was undertaken for coexistent multiple endocrine neoplasma-(MEN)-syndrome type 1. The screening consisted of a clinical examination, a radiological examination of the sella turcica with skeletal tomography (and in equivocal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Muhr C,Ljunghall S,Akerstrom G,Palmér M,Bergström K,Enoksson P,Lundqvist G,Wide L

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here two patients with hypothyroidism due to pituitary-hypothalamic disease in whom basal thyrotrophin (TSH) levels measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) were elevated yet when measured by a cytochemical bioassay (CBA) were found to be normal. This finding and the absence of the normal rise of thyroid hormone...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Petersen VB,McGregor AM,Belchetz PE,Elkeles RS,Hall R

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hyperinsulinaemia has a role in the development of hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovary syndrome in women of normal weight. Polycystic ovaries are common in women with bulimia nervosa and this study aimed to determine whether women with bulimia nervosa are insulin resistant and to examine the relation betwee...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Raphael FJ,Rodin DA,Peattie A,Bano G,Kent A,Nussey SS,Lacey JH

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have shown that a relatively high number of diabetic patients may have unsuspected Cushing's syndrome (CS). The aim of the present study was to screen for CS in adult patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus who were not selected for clinical characteristics, such as poor control and obe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reimondo G,Pia A,Allasino B,Tassone F,Bovio S,Borretta G,Angeli A,Terzolo M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growth hormone deficiency is considered the most important factor determining skeletal fragility in hypopituitary patients. Osteoblasts and chondrocytes express growth hormone (GH) receptor. Two GH receptor isoforms (GHRi) have been identified: they differ for the presence/absence of a protein fragment enc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mormando M,Chiloiro S,Bianchi A,Giampietro A,Angelini F,Tartaglione L,Nasto L,Milardi D,Formenti AM,Giustina A,De Marinis L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00