The correlation between serum and salivary melatonin concentrations and urinary 6-hydroxymelatonin sulphate excretion rates: two non-invasive techniques for monitoring human circadian rhythmicity.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The differentiation of constitutional delayed puberty (CDP) from gonadotrophin deficiency (GD) in boys at referral poses a difficult challenge. The effectiveness of the GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) test in distinguishing between the two conditions was evaluated and compared with findings of the GnRH and hCG stimula...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kauschansky A,Dickerman Z,Phillip M,Weintrob N,Strich D

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's syndrome in pregnancy is rare but associated with a high fetal loss rate, premature labour and excessive maternal morbidity. There has been controversy regarding the safety and efficacy of surgical treatment during pregnancy. We describe two further cases, both due to adrenal adenomas, in whom the diagnosis ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bevan JS,Gough MH,Gillmer MD,Burke CW

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Traditionally, acromegaly evaded diagnosis until in its clinically obvious later stages when treatment is more difficult. Over the last 25 years diagnostic tests have improved, but whether clinical disease detection also improved was unknown, so we tested if disease severity at diagnosis had changed from 198...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reid TJ,Post KD,Bruce JN,Nabi Kanibir M,Reyes-Vidal CM,Freda PU

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diagnostic I-123 scans have been shown to underestimate the disease burden in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) when compared to I-131 post-treatment scans, especially in children and patients who have had prior radioiodine (RAI) therapy and/or distant metastasis. I-124 PET/CT has been shown to be highly...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Santhanam P,Taieb D,Solnes L,Marashdeh W,Ladenson PW

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sex steroid hormones influence bone mineral density (BMD) in women, but are less well-studied in men. We evaluated the association of serum total and free sex steroid hormones and SHBG with osteopaenia in a nationally representative sample of men aged 20-90 years. DESIGN:BMD and sex steroid hormones were mea...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Paller CJ,Shiels MS,Rohrmann S,Basaria S,Rifai N,Nelson W,Platz EA,Dobs A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:In order to investigate the mechanisms by which arginine and L-dopa cause GH release in humans we measured the GH response to GHRH 1-44 (200 micrograms i.v.), arginine (30 g i.v. over 30 min) and L-dopa (500 mg orally) administered alone and 120 minutes following pretreatment with GHRH 1-44 (200 micrograms i.v.) in no...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Page MD,Dieguez C,Valcavi R,Edwards C,Hall R,Scanlon MF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of short (6 months) and longer-term (up to 24 months) growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy using a dose titration regimen, on lipid and glucose metabolism in GH-deficient, hypopituitary adults. DESIGN:On-going open study of GH treatment up to 24 months. Measurements were performed at ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Florakis D,Hung V,Kaltsas G,Coyte D,Jenkins PJ,Chew SL,Grossman AB,Besser GM,Monson JP

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although vasomotor instability or hot flushes are a well-known occurrence in women with natural or artificially-induced menopause, they have not previously been described in children. We report three children in different stages of puberty who developed vasomotor instability following surgery involving the hypothalami...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Witt MF,Blethen SL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:Depot somatostatin analogues are well accepted as either adjuvant or primary therapy for acromegaly, and their long dosage intervals facilitate adherence to treatment. Our objective was to evaluate whether lanreotide Autogel 120 mg, every 4-8 weeks, was as effective in controlling acromegaly as lan...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lucas T,Astorga R,Spanish-Portuguese Multicentre Autogel Study Group on Acromegaly.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-acquired hyponatraemia is a common and potentially serious condition. Risk factors for hospital-acquired hyponatraemia have not been studied in a controlled fashion. Methods From 1501 patients in whom serum sodium (S(Na)) was determined, 50 cases with hospital-acquired hyponatraemia (in-hospital dec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Beukhof CM,Hoorn EJ,Lindemans J,Zietse R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Constitutional delay in growth and adolescence (CDGA) is common in boys, some of whom request treatment to accelerate growth and attainment of secondary sexual characteristics. The aims of this study were to confirm that a 3-month course of intramuscular testosterone oenanthate does not impair final height i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kelly BP,Paterson WF,Donaldson MD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have recently demonstrated multiple aberrations in the GH-IGF axis in the sera of children with untreated insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) which were restored after insulin replacement. However, the net result of these alterations in the IGF system on the concentrations of free/biologically avail...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bereket A,Lang CH,Blethen SL,Ng LC,Wilson TA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two cases of male pseudohermaphroditism with persistence of Müllerian duct derivatives were reviewed. In 12 cases of mixed gonadal dysgenesis and five cases of dysgenetic male pseudohermaphroditism, testosterone-dependent steps of sex differentiation were also impaired, and testicular dysgenesis was prominent, ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Josso N,Fekete C,Cachin O,Nezelof C,Rappaport R

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine acromegalic patients were treated by the somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 octreotide (Sandostatin (octreotide), Sandoz, Basle, Switzerland] 250 micrograms/day in 4 divided s.c. injections (50 + 50 + 50 + 100 micrograms) for 1 month, 250 micrograms/24 has continuous s.c. infusions for another month and thereafter...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thuesen L,Christensen SE,Weeke J,Orskov H,Henningsen P

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 40-year-old male with acromegaly, multiple and recurrent cutaneous myxomas, spotty cutaneous pigmentation, a mammary myxoma, a large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumour of the testis, and an unusual calcifying pigmented neuroectodermal tumour. He presented a combination of clinical and histological featu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Leedman PJ,Cohen AK,Matz LR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old presented in 1984 with a clinically nonfunctional tumour which subsequently developed into a metastatic corticotrophinoma from which he died despite surgery in 1984, 1986 and 1991 and external radiotherapy in 1986. Molecular genetic analysis of tumour and metastatic tissue revealed loss of heterozygosity...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bates AS,Buckley N,Boggild MD,Bicknell EJ,Perrett CW,Broome JC,Clayton RN

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to elucidate the parathyroid responsiveness by measurements of blood ionized calcium and serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations, before and during trisodium citrate induced hypocalcaemia. PATIENTS AND CONTROLS:Sixteen patients with primary hyperparathyroi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Schwarz P,Sørensen HA,Momsen G,McNair P,Transbøl I

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A GH deficiency-like phenotype with normal or high hGH secretion, pathologically low IGF-I serum levels, and catch-up growth under treatment with recombinant hGH is suggestive of the presence of biologically inactive hGH syndrome, whose presumably heterogenous molecular basis is substantially unknown. DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Binder G,Benz MR,Elmlinger M,Pflaum CD,Strasburger CJ,Ranke MB

更新日期：1999-07-01 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:The purpose of the study was to evaluate plasma inhibin as a marker of hydatidiform mole and to compare the results with intact human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and its free beta-subunit. DESIGN:Serial determinations of the plasma concentrations of inhibin, intact human chorionic gonadotrophin and its fre...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Badonnel Y,Barbé F,Legagneur H,Poncelet E,Schweitzer M

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age. Some evidence suggests that dysbiosis of the gut microbiota could be associated with PCOS clinical parameters, but little is known for the association between vaginal microbiome and PCOS. OBJECTIVE:To determine ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hong X,Qin P,Huang K,Ding X,Ma J,Xuan Y,Zhu X,Peng D,Wang B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We performed a randomized, double-blind, prospective, 16-week clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of risedronate with and without cholecalciferol on 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and bone markers in Korean patients with osteoporosis. METHODS:We randomly assigned 164 adults with osteopo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chung HY,Chin SO,Kang MI,Koh JM,Moon SH,Yoon BK,Yoon HK,Chung YS,Park HM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The importance of oestrogen on bone mineral density (BMD) in males was suggested by reports of patients with oestrogen resistance and aromatase deficiency who demonstrated osteoporosis and epiphyseal plate maturation defect despite high testosterone levels. In the present study, we examined the effects of oes...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reutrakul S,Ongphiphadhanakul B,Piaseu N,Krittiyawong S,Chanprasertyothin S,Bunnag P,Rajatanavin R

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:A population-based study was undertaken to determine the mortality and morbidity for people with hypoparathyroidism compared to the general population. METHODS:In this study, patients identified with chronic hypoparathyroidism using data linkage from regional datasets were compared with five age- and gender...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vadiveloo T,Donnan PT,Leese CJ,Abraham KJ,Leese GP

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,24,25-trihydroxyvitamin D3 has been detected in human serum using a sensitive radioimmunoassay. Tritiated 1,24,25-trihydroxyvitamin D3 was synthesized biologically and used as tracer to monitor the recovery of endogenous metabolite during isolation from serum. Circulating 1,24,25(OH)3D3 in normal subjects ranged fro...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Clemens TL,Fraher LJ,Sandler LM,O'Riordan JL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Interleukin (IL)-10 polymorphic variants -1082G/A, -819C/T and -592C/A were linked with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We investigated the hypothesis that IL-10 promoter polymorphisms may be associated with the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN). DESIGN:Case-controlled st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ezzidi I,Mtiraoui N,Kacem M,Mallat SG,Mohamed MB,Chaieb M,Mahjoub T,Almawi WY

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate the impact of a long-acting somatostatin analogue, octreotide, on glucose tolerance and on insulin sensitivity in acromegaly. DESIGN:We performed a non-randomized controlled trial. PATIENTS:Seven patients with active acromegaly were assessed before and during octreotide therapy given...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ho KK,Jenkins AB,Furler SM,Borkman M,Chisholm DJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00