Serum iodothyronine concentrations during introduction of thyroxine replacement therapy in hypothyroidism.

abstract：:The response of plasma immunoreactive met-enkephalin (IR-met-enkephalin) to ethanol (8 g by mouth) after chlorpropamide (250 mg daily for 14 d) was studied in three groups of non-insulin dependent diabetics (a) six diabetics who showed chlorpropamide alcohol flush (CPAF) and in whom the reaction could be blocked by in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Johnston C,Wiles PG,Medbak S,Bowcock S,Cooke ED,Pyke DA,Rees LH

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of long-term combined continuous oral hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on vascular function in healthy postmenopausal women. BACKGROUND:The cardiovascular effects of HRT are controversial. Improvement in vascular function is a proposed mechanism of oestrogen action but there are no long...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Teede HJ,Liang YL,Kotsopoulos D,Zoungas S,Cravent R,McGrath BP

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:We have studied the effects of dopamine on the secretion of TSH and its subunits in vivo and in vitro. Four normal controls, seven patients with primary hypothyroidism, two patients with peripheral resistance to thyroid hormone (PRTH), and two patients with alpha-secreting pituitary tumours underwent a 3-h dopamine in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cooper DS,Klibanski A,Ridgway EC

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypopituitarism, including severe GH deficiency, is an almost inevitable outcome of craniopharyngioma. However, some GH deficient children with this tumour may grow normally or even have accelerated growth postoperatively. To study this phenomenon we have investigated the endocrine status, including IGF-1 and...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tiulpakov AN,Mazerkina NA,Brook CG,Hindmarsh PC,Peterkova VA,Gorelyshev SK

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:The best long-term results of transsphenoidal surgery appear to be in those patients who have unmeasurable serum cortisol levels in the immediate post-operative period. This appears to be due to isolated ACTH deficiency in the remaining normal pituitary gland. In our experience, however, long-term clinical remission m...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McCance DR,Besser M,Atkinson AB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradoxical GH response to TRH observed in certain adolescents with constitutional tall stature is associated with a 60% fall in plasma levels of somatostatin. Conversely, those tall subjects who do not show a GH increase after TRH, or during a saline control infusion maintain steady levels of somatostatin in plas...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Garcia Blanco M,Evain Brion D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Widespread amyloid deposition in the thyroid gland causes diffuse, clinically apparent enlargement of the thyroid (amyloid goitre: AG). The aim of this study was to clarify the abnormalities of thyroid function in patients with AG. DESIGN:Thirty patients with secondary amyloidosis were retrospectively analy...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kimura H,Yamashita S,Ashizawa K,Yokoyama N,Nagataki S

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:GH replacement improves numerous metabolic abnormalities in GH-deficient patients; increased lipid peroxidation (LPO) has been observed in GH-deficient patients; however, it is unknown if LPO is influenced by GH replacement. AIM AND METHODS:To evaluate the extent to which GH replacement might reverse the in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Karbownik-Lewinska M,Kokoszko A,Lewandowski KC,Shalet SM,Lewinski A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether thyroid scintigraphy would alter the clinical management of patients referred for fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNA). METHODS:We reviewed the medical and imaging records of patients referred to our Department between 2016 and 2019. All the patients had to take a serum thyrotropin test ad...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pirola I,Di Lodovico E,Casella C,Pezzaioli L,Facondo P,Ferlin A,Lombardi D,Cappelli C

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relationship between the excretion of nephrogenous cyclic AMP (NcAMP) and other blood and urine parameters as an index of PTH-like activity in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma. DESIGN:After overnight fast, a double voided urine and a blood sample were collected from each subject fo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Panesar NS,Au KM,Leung NW,Shek CC,Swaminathan R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the effectiveness of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and radioiodine (RAI) to treat patients carrying toxic thyroid nodule (TTN). Normalization of serum thyrotropin (TSH) 1 year after treatment was the primary end-point; concurrent changes in nodules' volume and scintigraphic pattern were a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Giovanella L,Piccardo A,Pezzoli C,Bini F,Ricci R,Ruberto T,Trimboli P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controlled therapeutic trial on seventy-four 70-year-old women was carried out with the purpose of finding the optimal treatment for post menopausal osteoporosis. The bone mineral content (BMC) was measured by I-photonabsorptiometry at two sites in the distal part of the forearms, where the trabecular/cortical ratio...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jensen GF,Christiansen C,Transbøl I

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the most common cardiac abnormality in acromegaly. Left ventricular mass (LVM) is an important parameter measured to detect LVH, but the relationship with body size should be considered by correcting LVM to body surface area (BSA), height or height2.7. All trials concern...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vitale G,Galderisi M,Pivonello R,Spinelli L,Ciccarelli A,de Divitiis O,Lombardi G,Colao A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucose and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) responses to a 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) administered to 23 acromegalic patients before and after transsphenoidal adenomectomy and to a sex and age-matched control group were studied. The preoperative growth hormone levels, ranging from 11 to 360 mU/l, had no...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Roelfsema F,Frölich M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an 8-year follow-up of three sisters born of a consanguineous marriage and who originally presented with short stature and enlarged pituitary fossa. All have shown progressive failure of anterior pituitary hormone function. In addition, the two eldest sisters were eventually found to have an empty sella whil...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： White MC,Chahal P,Banks L,Joplin GF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is no licensed, dose-appropriate formulation of hydrocortisone for children with adrenal insufficiency (AI) and patients rely on compounded adult medication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the absorption, palatability and safety of Infacort® , an immediate-release, granule formulation of hydroco...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Neumann U,Whitaker MJ,Wiegand S,Krude H,Porter J,Davies M,Digweed D,Voet B,Ross RJ,Blankenstein O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine serum adiponectin concentrations in adolescent girls with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to assess possible correlations of adiponectin levels with insulin and androgen levels. DESIGN:Prospective case-control study. SETTING:Endocrine clinics in the community. PATIENTS:Forty-f...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pinhas-Hamiel O,Singer S,Pilpel N,Koren I,Boyko V,Hemi R,Pariente C,Kanety H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by growth retardation, hypogonadism and a high risk of cardiovascular complications and atherosclerosis; case reports suggest that thrombo-embolic complications may be present. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. PATIENTS:Sixty women with TS. MEASUREMENTS:We characterized th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Gravholt CH,Mortensen KH,Andersen NH,Ibsen L,Ingerslev J,Hjerrild BE

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four hyperprolactinaemic women were treated for 6 months with the new, non-ergot, long-acting dopamine agonist, CV 205-502. The treatment resulted in normalization of PRL secretion in 17 of the 24 women at once-daily doses of 0.05 to 0.15 mg of the drug. Sixteen of these women as well as 4 of those who remained...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rasmussen C,Bergh T,Wide L,Brownell J

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：:Sleep history and pituitary function were studied and sleep polygraphy performed in 11 acromegalic patients before and after pituitary surgery. Excessive daytime sleepiness or habitual snoring or both together, as well as an elevated fasting level of serum GH occurred in all the patients. In five men but in none of th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pekkarinen T,Partinen M,Pelkonen R,Iivanainen M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are no consistent data on the prevalence and bone status of normocalcaemic hypoparathyroidism (NHYPO) as defined by normal adjusted calcium and low PTH level. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and the metabolic bone profile of NHYPO in older women, assessing its evolution over time. The second obj...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Palermo A,Jacques R,Gossiel F,Reid DM,Roux C,Felsenberg D,Glueer CC,Eastell R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HLA-A and -B antigen distribution in 132 Hong Kong Chinese patients with Graves' disease, including 24 with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, was compared with that in 110 controls. The HLA-DR antigen distribution in 68 patients was compared with that in 47 controls. The prevalence of Bw46 was significantly increased...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hawkins BR,Ma JT,Lam KS,Wang CC,Yeung RT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of CRH administration on plasma AVP and ANF concentration in patients with Cushing's disease and healthy subjects. SUBJECTS:Fifteen patients with Cushing's disease and 15 sex- and age-matched healthy subjects entered the study. STUDY DESIGN:All subjects were randomly given i.v. 100 mi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Colao A,Pivonello R,Ferone D,Faggiano A,Facciolli G,Di Somma C,Boudouresque F,Oliver C,Lombardi G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antithyroidal drugs (ATD) are used in the management of Graves' disease either as primary therapy for several months while awaiting remission of the disease or as pretreatment for several weeks prior to definitive radioactive iodine therapy (RAI). We have reported previously that pretreatment with propylthiou...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hancock LD,Tuttle RM,LeMar H,Bauman J,Patience T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of prenatal dexamethasone treatment in offspring at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. METHODS:MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, the clinicaltrials.gov website databases were systematically searched from inception through March 2019. WMD and SMD with 95%CIs were c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Xu L,Lin W,Cai L,Huang H,Liang J,Li L,Zong L,Wang N,Wen J,Chen G

更新日期：2020-02-01 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