Leydig cell failure with testicular radiation doses

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the commonest monogenic form of obesity. The significance of MC4R mutations in Asian obese populations has not been adequately examined. The objective of this study was to determine the role of MC4R mutations in severely obese Asian children. DESIGN:We screened 22...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lee YS,Poh LK,Kek BL,Loke KY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opiate control of the pituitary-adrenal axis has been investigated in normal subjects. The infusion of 1 mg of the met-enkephalin analogue, DAMME, led to a fall in circulating cortisol in spite of a fall in blood pressure. Conversley, 16 mg of the opiate antagonist, naloxone led to brisk and pronounced elevations ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grossman A,Gaillard RC,McCartney P,Rees LH,Besser GM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Phaeochromocytomas (PHEO) and functional paragangliomas (PGLs) are catecholamine-secreting neuroendocrine tumours. Although most PHEO/PGLs are benign, 10-35% present as (or develop into) malignant tumours with a poor prognosis. Overexpression of ERBB2 (v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukaemia viral oncogene homologu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Qi Y,Su T,Zhang X,Jiang Y,Yuan W,Wang W,Cui B,Ning G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible relationship between plasma androgenic activity and acne vulgaris was investigated. Plasma testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels were determined in healthy girls during different stages of puberty, in healthy adult women and in women with acne vulgaris. Testosterone increase during p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Odlind V,Carlström K,Michaëlsson G,Vahlqvist A,Victor A,Mellbin T

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficacy of the GH-receptor antagonist pegvisomant (PEG) has differed between preclinical and observational studies mainly due to dose adjustment and IGF-I normalization criteria. An escape phenomenon has also been described, but its definition and underlying causes have not been fully established. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ramos-Leví AM,Bernabeu I,Álvarez-Escolá C,Aller J,Lucas T,de Miguel P,Rodríguez-Cañete L,Sampedro-Núñez MA,Halperin I,Puig-Domingo M,Marazuela M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Isolated Pituitary Adenomas (FIPA), an autosomal dominant disease with low penetrance is being increasingly recognized. FIPA families can be divided into two distinct groups based on genetic and phenotypic features. Patients with mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) gene are ch...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Korbonits M,Storr H,Kumar AV

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

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: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：:A major physiological role of calcitonin in humans appears to be regulation of skeletal turnover. It has been suggested that another function of calcitonin is to prevent post-prandial rises in calcium, particularly in animals, but the importance of such a function in man remains to be determined. Although it is known ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stevenson JC,Adrian TE,Christofides ND,Bloom SR

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the effect of alpha-1 adrenoreceptor regulation of ACTH release during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia, we studied the response to hypoglycaemia with and without prazosin premedication in eight normal men. Prazosin pretreatment did not affect basal or peak plasma ACTH, cortisol or GH during hypoglyc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cuneo RC,Livesey JH,Nicholls MG,Espiner EA,Donald RA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) are the most common monogenic form of human obesity. However, the contribution of MC4R mutations to obesity in Chinese has not been investigated. We studied the frequency of MC4R mutations in an obese southern Chinese population and the functional consequen...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rong R,Tao YX,Cheung BM,Xu A,Cheung GC,Lam KS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific, homologous human neurophysin I and II radioimmunoassays were established and used to measure the individual, immunoreactive neurophysin concentrations in human plasma. Circulating levels of human neurophysin I in normal individuals were less than 1 ng/ml and neurophysin II levels were 1-2 ng/ml. During dehyd...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dax EM,Clappison BH,Pullan PT,Pepperell R,Johnston CI

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the effectiveness of age on HbA1c as a criterion for the diagnosis of diabetes in Chinese different age subjects. METHODS:This retrospective study enrolled a total of 1147 outpatients with untreated newly diagnosed diabetes (aged 18-80 years, 42·55% women) from the Fujian Province, China, and 427 ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yang L,Shen X,Yan S,Xu F,Wu P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heterozygous inactivating mutations of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) gene cause familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FHH), a generally benign disorder characterized by mild to moderate PTH-dependent hypercalcaemia. We aimed to identify the causative CaR mutations in three families with FHH and examine ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ward BK,Magno AL,Blitvich BJ,Rea AJ,Stuckey BG,Walsh JP,Ratajczak T

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Massive macronodular adrenocortical disease (MMAD) may be caused by aberrant microRNA expression. To determine the microRNA profile in MMAD and identify putative microRNA-gene target pairs involved in adrenal tumourigenesis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:We performed microRNA microarray analysis in 10 patients with ACTH...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bimpaki EI,Iliopoulos D,Moraitis A,Stratakis CA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A high prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been shown in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). However, it is unclear whether this is related to the metabolic abnormalities in PHPT or to the presence of other risk factors for glucose intolerance in these patients. The aim of our study was to deter...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kumar S,Olukoga AO,Gordon C,Mawer EB,France M,Hosker JP,Davies M,Boulton AJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old primigravid woman presented with Cushing's syndrome at 23 weeks gestation; serum cortisol was 1090 nmol/l at 0900 h, 1230 nmol/l at 2200 h; basal urinary free cortisol excretion was 3680 nmol/24 h, and 8830 nmol/24 h after dexamethasone 8 mg daily for 48 hours; plasma ACTH was < 1.1 pmol/l. CT scan of th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Close CF,Mann MC,Watts JF,Taylor KG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Parathyroid carcinoma remains difficult to diagnose. Recently, it has been shown that mutations in the HRPT2 gene (encoding parafibromin) are associated with the development of parathyroid carcinoma. Although MEN1 is not typically thought to be involved in carcinoma formation, parathyroid carcinoma may be an ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Haven CJ,van Puijenbroek M,Tan MH,Teh BT,Fleuren GJ,van Wezel T,Morreau H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum immunoreactive melatonin was measured in thirty-three male subjects with delayed puberty, thirty of whom had simple (idiopathic) delayed puberty (SDP) and three of whom were GH deficient. The results were compared with a control population of twenty-six subjects. Significantly elevated values of serum melatonin ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cohen HN,Hay ID,Annesley TM,Beastall GH,Wallace AM,Spooner R,Thomson JA,Eastwold P,Klee GG

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the obesity phenotype most strongly associated with increased plasma concentrations of sTNFR2, and compared which of the two markers, TNF-alpha or sTNFR2, better predicts indices of plasma glucose-insulin homeostasis. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:Plasma sTNFR2 levels were measured in a sampl...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cartier A,Côté M,Bergeron J,Alméras N,Tremblay A,Lemieux I,Després JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with acromegaly serum IGF-I is increasingly used as a marker of disease activity. As a result, the relationship between serum GH and IGF-I is of profound interest. Healthy females secrete three times more GH than males but have broadly similar serum IGF-I levels, and women with GH deficiency requ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Parkinson C,Renehan AG,Ryder WD,O'Dwyer ST,Shalet SM,Trainer PJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven women with primary amenorrhoea and hyperprolactinaemia were treated with bromocriptine. All the women had started to develop secondary sex characteristics at normal age but pubertal development stopped and menarche did not occur. Radiological signs of a pituitary tumour were found in all the women. Before the pi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bergh T,Nillius SJ,Wide L

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman was evaluated for congenital dwarfism, primary amenorrhoea due to hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, severe hyperlipidaemia with pancreatitis, and overt diabetes mellitus associated with severe insulin resistance requiring 2.5-3 units of insulin per kilogram body weight. Chromosomal analysis with tryp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mantzoros CS,Moses AC

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Growth hormone treatment in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) leads to growth acceleration in the first years, but the effect on final height is still poorly documented. We therefore studied the long-term effect of GH therapy in children with idiopathic short stature. DESIGN:We have...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wit JM,Boersma B,de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM,Nienhuis HE,Oostdijk W,Otten BJ,Delemarre-Van de Waal HA,Reeser M,Waelkens JJ,Rikken B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The recent American Thyroid Association management guidelines suggest cervical ultrasonography (US) surveillance in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). This study was conducted to identify predictive factors that can determine whether subsequent fine needle aspiration guided by ultrasound (US-...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hahn SY,Shin JH,Han BK,Ko EY,Kang SS,Chung JH,Kim JH,Oh YL,Son YI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the mechanism of GIP secretion and the role of endogenous GIP in the enteroinsular axis in duodenal ulcer patients, we have compared plasma GIP, insulin, and blood glucose responses to oral glucose ingestion in 10 duodenal ulcer patients, 5 patients with total gastrectomy, and 20 normal subject...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Takemura J,Seino Y,Yamamura T,Yoshiya K,Ishikawa Y,Itoh N,Imura H

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urine calcium after an overnight fast is higher in osteoporotic than in normal post-menopausal women. The question is whether this is the cause or effect of the bone-losing state. OBJECTIVE:To establish whether the elevated obligatory calcium loss in osteoporotic women is due to a raised filtered load of ca...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nordin BE,Horowitz M,Need A,Morris HA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obestatin is a novel hormone that is encoded by the Ghrelin gene and produced in the gut. Ghrelin is profoundly orexogenic and adipogenic, increasing food intake and body weight. This new ghrelin-associated peptide behaves as a physiological opponent of ghrelin in rodent animals, but its pathophysiological r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Qi X,Li L,Yang G,Liu J,Li K,Tang Y,Liou H,Boden G

更新日期：2007-04-01 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