The levels and subcellular distribution of hormones and marker enzymes in pituitaries from control subjects and patients with prolactinomas, acromegaly or functionless pituitary tumours.

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:We assessed the relationship between serum IGFBP-3 levels with IGF-I and quantitative GH secretory status in poorly growing children. DESIGN:We studied the relationship between 24-hour integrated concentration of GH, peak GH to paired sequential stimulation tests, IGF-I and the IGFBP-3 serum levels. PATIENT...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Phillip M,Chalew SA,Kowarski AA,Stene MA

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To determine serum concentrations, intra-individual variability and impact of age-related co-morbidities on serum testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), estradiol (E(2)) and estrone (E(1)) in older men. DESIGN:Observational, repeated measures study. PARTICIPANTS:Men (n = 325) with 40 years and older s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sartorius G,Spasevska S,Idan A,Turner L,Forbes E,Zamojska A,Allan CA,Ly LP,Conway AJ,McLachlan RI,Handelsman DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three samples of follicular fluid (FF) were collected from 14 patients with the polycystic ovary (PCO) syndrome and matched for FF-volume with small follicles collected from subjects with normal ovaries. The median (range) FF concentration of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in the group with PCO, 0.42 (0.13...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Eden JA,Jones J,Carter GD,Alaghband-Zadeh J

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：:Plasma aldosterone (PA), plasma renin activity (PRA), extracellular fluid volume (EFV) and hepatic blood flow were measured in forty-four patients with sustained essential hypertension and compared with forty-two normotensive controls of same age and sex. All patient had inulin clearances within the normal range and b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Safar ME,Simon AC,Dard SA,Parlier HR,Pauleau NE,Vincent ML,Sassard JE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Data about GnRHa on adult height in girls with central precocious puberty(CPP) have shown variable results, ranging from improvement of growth prognosis to lack of any benefit.This study was designed to delineate the criteria to decide which girls with idiopathic CPP(iCPP) will have a height benefit from GnRH...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Vuralli D,Gonc EN,Ozon ZA,Kandemir N,Alikasifoglu A

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the clinical and biochemical effects of metyrapone in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome. DESIGN:An evaluation of the standard clinical practice at one institution. PATIENTS:Ninety-one patients with Cushing's syndrome: 57 pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease, 10 adrenocortical adenomas, six adr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Verhelst JA,Trainer PJ,Howlett TA,Perry L,Rees LH,Grossman AB,Wass JA,Besser GM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We were able to observe the effect of withdrawal of endogenous sympathetic drive in a hypertensive patient with an aldosterone-secreting adrenal adenoma. Acute stimulation of both carotid sinus nerves lowered blood pressure to normotensive or hypotensive levels by reducing peripheral resistance. When chronic carotid s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nicholls MG,Julius S,Zweifler AJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Relationship between adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) and increased cardiovascular disease risk is very well known in hypopituitary patients treated with conventional hormone replacement therapy other than growth hormone (GH) administration. Endothelial dysfunction, an early and reversible event in path...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Oflaz H,Sen F,Elitok A,Cimen AO,Onur I,Kasikcioglu E,Korkmaz S,Demirturk M,Kutluturk F,Pamukcu B,Ozbey N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Iodine deficiency during pregnancy results in thyroid dysfunction and has been associated with adverse obstetric and foetal effects, leading to worldwide salt iodization programmes. As nowadays 69% of the world's population lives in iodine-sufficient regions, we investigated the effects of variation in iodine...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Medici M,Ghassabian A,Visser W,de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM,Jaddoe VW,Visser WE,Hooijkaas H,Hofman A,Steegers EA,Bongers-Schokking JJ,Ross HA,Tiemeier H,Visser TJ,de Rijke YB,Peeters RP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp is the gold standard to evaluate insulin resistance (IR), but there are only a few studies on the prevalence of IR in Chinese Han women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This study investigated: (a) the prevalence of IR in Chinese Han women with PCOS by clamp, (b) th...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Li W,Chen Q,Xie Y,Hu J,Yang S,Lin M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-tumour causes of hyperprolactinaemia, including prolactin-elevating drugs, must be excluded. There is a general view that such drugs are unlikely to raise serum PRL above 3000 mU/I, but the literature is confusing. We report 8 patients receiving treatment with neuroleptic drugs, whose serum PRL concentrat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pollock A,McLaren EH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the circadian rhythm and the response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to ovine corticotrophin releasing hormone (oCRH) stimulation and dexamethasone suppression in 32 children with grade II-III marasmus. Children were studied prior to and after nutritional rehabilitation. Mean baseline plas...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Malozowski S,Muzzo S,Burrows R,Leiva L,Loriaux L,Chrousos G,Winterer J,Cassorla F

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen consecutive cases of Cushing's disease were treated by radical transphenoidal hypophysectomy. Surgical removal was not possible in two cases. Of the other 14, there was total clinical and biochemical remission of the disease in 13 and partial remission in one. Some form of replacement therapy has been necessar...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thomas JP,Richards SH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

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：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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Adults with GH deficiency (GHD) exhibit changes in body composition. Studies of the effects of GH substitution on body composition have been short-term or not adequately controlled. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of GH on soft tissue using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEX...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hansen TB,Vahl N,Jørgensen JO,Christiansen JS,Hagen C

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity is characterized by hyperleptinaemia, which is associated with diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease. The aim of this study was to determine if body fat and muscle measures predict the natural increase in leptin over 2·6 years in older adults. METHODS:A total of 190 subjects (50% females)...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Antony B,Jones G,Stannus O,Blizzard L,Ding C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the mechanism for the hypogonadism associated with prolactin hypersecretion in men we examined luteinizing hormone (LH) secretory profiles in four hyperprolactinaemic men before and during treatment with bromocriptine. Pretreatment serum prolactin levels were increased 4-100 fold and serum testosterone leve...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Winters SJ,Troen P

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the present study we have performed a grey-scale quantitative analysis of thyroid echogenicity in the patients affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), obtaining a numerical estimate of the degree of hypoechogenicity associated with the appearance of thyroid dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study g...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mazziotti G,Sorvillo F,Iorio S,Carbone A,Romeo A,Piscopo M,Capuano S,Capuano E,Amato G,Carella C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) in girls with Turner's syndrome (TS) before and during growth hormone (GH) treatment in combination with low dose oestrogens as well as three years after discontinuation of GH treatment. DESIGN:In a prospective, randomized injectio...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sass TC,De Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM,Stijnen T,Asarfi A,Van Leeuwen WJ,Van Teunenbroek A,Van Rijn RR,Drop SL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioiodine has been in use for over 60 years as a treatment for hyperthyroidism. Major changes in clinical practice have occurred with the realization that accurate dosimetry is incapable of avoiding the risks of hypothyroidism, while more accurate assessment of the risks of other adverse effects of radioiodine such ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Weetman AP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Androgens have paradoxically different effects on hair follicles depending on body site, stimulating beard growth while inducing regression in some areas of the scalp. The mesenchyme derived dermal papilla at the base of the hair follicle regulates many aspects of the growth of follicular epithelium, and is p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thornton MJ,Laing I,Hamada K,Messenger AG,Randall VA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate two patients with the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour (HPT-JT) syndrome and three patients with familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP), together with 31 parathyroid tumours (2 HPT-JT, 2 FIHP and 27 sporadic) for HRPT2 mutations. The HPT-JT syndrome and FIHP are autosomal dominant disorders...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bradley KJ,Cavaco BM,Bowl MR,Harding B,Cranston T,Fratter C,Besser GM,Conceição Pereira M,Davie MW,Dudley N,Leite V,Sadler GP,Seller A,Thakker RV

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC-CAH) is caused by mutations of the CYP21A2 gene. The clinical manifestations and hormonal derangements of NC-CAH are quite variable. OBJECTIVES:(i) To define the phenotype and its relation to genotype according to gender and age and (ii) to evaluate the validi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Livadas S,Dracopoulou M,Dastamani A,Sertedaki A,Maniati-Christidi M,Magiakou AM,Kanaka-Gantenbein C,Chrousos GP,Dacou-Voutetakis C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00