A case of multiple endocrine adenomatosis (Type 1) with nesidioblastosis, terminating with an exocrine pancreatic carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low vitamin D has been associated with poor arterial compliance in observational studies. Arterial stiffness has prognostic value for cardiovascular disease risk. The aim of this systematic review was to clarify the literature surrounding the use of vitamin D to ameliorate arterial stiffness. METHODS:We con...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rodríguez AJ,Scott D,Srikanth V,Ebeling P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman had galactorrhoea and amenorrhoea. Four years previously she complained of sensory disturbance of her legs, with galt disturbance. Serum PRL level was 1408 mU/l. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a spindle-shaped mass in the spinal canal at the level of the ninth thoracic vertebra. The tumour was r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Katsuren E,Ishikawa S,Honda K,Saito T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-prandial plasma gastrointestinal hormone profiles were measured in nine chronic alcoholics, one and fourteen days after complete alcohol withdrawal. Basal plasma pancreatic polypeptide concentration (PP--mean +/- SE mean) was significantly greater in alcoholics (control, 28 +/- 5 pmol/l; alcoholics, post-withdraw...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fink RS,Adrian TE,Margot DH,Bloom SR

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in CYP21A2 lead to deficiency of 21-hydroxylase and can have either severe or moderate effects on phenotype, which can be prevented by early treatment. We studied long-term effects of this deficiency on phenotype in patients who had not been treated for prolonged periods and correlated these phenot...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Goossens K,Juniarto AZ,Timmerman MA,Faradz SM,Wolffenbuttel KP,Drop SL,de Jong FH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed body composition, bone mineral density (BMD), glucose and lipids in Williams syndrome (WS), a rare microdeletion disorder. DESIGN:Individuals with WS had outpatient assessment at Massachusetts General Hospital. Controls were selected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHAN...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Shaikh S,Waxler JL,Lee H,Grinke K,Garry J,Pober BR,Stanley TL

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：: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：:A A 23-year-old man with secondary hypogonadism was also found to be thyrotoxic. Results of thyroid function tests were in the hyperthyroid range but the serum TSH was inappropriately high. A pituitary tumour was demonstrated and following hypophysectomy he became biochemically hypothyroid. Evidence is presented and d...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Baylis PH

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe four patients with ovarian hyperthecosis and the effects of gonadotrophin releasing hormone on clinical and metabolic variables. DESIGN:Open out-patient study. PATIENTS:Four women presented with post-menopausal hirsuties. They had significant hair growth across the chest, upper back and shoulder...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Barth JH,Jenkins M,Belchetz PE

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine (1) the diurnal variation in SHBG and (2) the inter-relationships of insulin, IGF-I, SHBG and IGFBP-1 over 24 hours in 10 women with anovulatory PCOS and compare them with weight-matched ovulatory controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The two groups comprised 10 anovulatory wom...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hamilton-Fairley D,White D,Griffiths M,Anyaoku V,Koistinen R,Seppälä M,Franks S

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Little is known of the hormone environment of the developing early human embryo. We have therefore measured selected steroids in the intrauterine fluids of early pregnancy. DESIGN:Measurement of progesterone, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, oestradiol-17 beta, testosterone, androstenedione, cortisol and dehydr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Atkinson G,Campbell DJ,Cawood ML,Oakey RE

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transdermal oestradiol, 100 micrograms/d, was used to treat 11 women suffering from postmenopausal symptoms. After 3 weeks therapy there was a significant rise in the plasma oestradiol into the premenopausal range and a significant fall in plasma FSH level and symptom score. Bone resorption, assessed by urinary excret...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Selby PL,Peacock M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several weeks after thyroidectomy (T), female rats stopped growing, and their pituitary GH content had decreased to less than 2--3% of the values found for age-matched controls (C). The liver membranes of such animals were explored with human GH (hGH). It was found that in the severely hypothyroid T rat, the number, b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Duran-Garcia S,Gomez-Nieto J,Fouchereau-Peron M,Padron VF,Obregon MJ,Morreale de Escobar G,Escobar del Rey F

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated pulsatile and circadian TSH secretion in primary hypothyroidism. DESIGN:In a prospective study, blood was sampled every 10 minutes during 24 hours for assay of TSH (IRMA). Thyroid hormones and TSH responsiveness to TRH were then measured. SUBJECTS:Nine patients with overt primary hypothyroidism...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Adriaanse R,Brabant G,Prank K,Endert E,Wiersinga WM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postablation whole-body scintigraphy, which is performed 5-7 days after administration of ablation activity of radioactive iodine-131 (131 I) in patients with thyroid cancer, is considered a routine procedure for remnant ablation and a useful tool for disease staging. However, the relationship of pre-ablation...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Liu B,Chen Y,Jiang L,He Y,Huang R,Kuang A

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Peripheral aromatization of testosterone and androstenedione is the principal source for circulating oestrogens in men and in castrated and post-menopausal women. Since human bone is a target organ for androgens and oestrogens, aromatase activity was assessed in human spongiosa obtained from pa...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Schweikert HU,Wolf L,Romalo G

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：CONTEXT:Besides medullary thyroid carcinoma and other endocrinopathies, people with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 (MEN2) are at risk of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of GI symptoms on the daily lives of patients with MEN2. DESIGN:An online survey was conducted among patient...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Goncharova M,Grey J,Druce M

更新日期：2020-11-10 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：BACKGROUND:While an association between androgens and the metabolic syndrome (MS) is well established in obese women, studies concerning this relationship are scarce in obese adolescent girls. Therefore, we analysed the relationships between androgens, MS and intima-media thickness (IMT) in this age-group. METHODS:In ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： de Sousa G,Brodoswki C,Kleber M,Wunsch R,Reinehr T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess approaches to patients with a potentially malignant thyroid nodule and patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and compare them with the European Consensus and Guidelines by the American Thyroid Association. DESIGN:A survey of the 388 active members of the Belgian Thyroid Club. METHODS:A qu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Van den Bruel A,Moreno-Reyes R,Bex M,Daumerie C,Glinoer D

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：:Obesity may be characterized by abnormal sex steroid secretion and reduced sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) which in turn is related to fat distribution and insulin secretion. Recent in-vitro and in-vivo evidence suggests that insulin is the common mechanism regulating the secretion of SHBG and insulin-like growth ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Weaver JU,Holly JM,Kopelman PG,Noonan K,Giadom CG,White N,Virdee S,Wass JA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Whether nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can predict atherosclerosis in obese patients remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the usefulness of NAFLD and other cardiometabolic parameters in predicting subclinical atherosclerosis in obese patients. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:W...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Puig J,Blasco G,Daunis-I-Estadella J,Loshuertos E,Codina J,Cuba V,Ortiz R,Xifra G,Ricart W,Pedraza S,Federici M,Fernández-Real JM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty women with secondary hypogonadism and four normal women in the early follicular phase of the cycle were treated for 7 days with 10, 50 or 100 micrograms synthetic LHRH administered intramuscularly at 4 h intervals. Concentrations of pituitary and ovarian hormones in plasma were measured at intervals during the ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vaughan Williams CA,McNeilly AS,Baird DT

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the genetics of male undermasculinization must encompass a description of the embryology of the genital system. The dimorphism of sex development consequent upon the formation of a testis and the subsequent secretion of hormones to impose a male phenotype is highlighted. Thus, an understanding of the cause...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ahmed SF,Hughes IA

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:We have employed a syngeneic system utilizing thyroid cell monolayers initiated following thyroid surgery co-cultured with autologous T cells to demonstrate T cell autosensitization in patients with Graves' disease. Antigen-induced blastogenesis was monitored using 24 h [3H]thymidine uptake. Control experiments with 5...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Davies TF,Bermas B,Platzer M,Roman SH

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00