An improved method for the radioimmunoassay of free-thyroxine in serum dialysates.

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：: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: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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The newly discovered vasoactive peptides, endothelin 1, 2 and 3, and their receptors are widely distributed in various non-vascular tissues. Recent studies have suggested the presence, as well as possible regulatory roles, of endothelins at several levels of the pituitary-gonadal axis. We determined the level...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hammami MM,Haq A,AlSedairy S

更新日期：1994-03-01 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:The diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adults is established through growth hormone (GH) stimulation testing, which is often complex, expensive, time-consuming and may be associated with adverse side effects. The decision to perform GH provocative testing is influenced by clinical findings, medic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zgaljardic DJ,Guttikonda S,Grady JJ,Gilkison CR,Mossberg KA,High WM Jr,Masel BE,Urban RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing in several countries. The aim was to investigate trends in the incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in Scotland, where thyroid cancer is relatively uncommon, between 1960 and 2002. DESIGN:Descriptive epidemiological study. METHODS:Thyroid cancer registratio...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reynolds RM,Weir J,Stockton DL,Brewster DH,Sandeep TC,Strachan MW

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Endocrine autoimmunity is known to be characterized by the presence of specific autoantibodies and from the histopathological point of view by lymphocytic infiltration in the target tissue. The presence of mononuclear cell infiltrates is the pathological hallmark of most endocrine diseases characterized by an autoimmu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pozzilli P,Carotenuto P,Delitala G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The substitution of liothyronine (L-T3) for levothyroxine (L-T4) is commonly employed during thyroid hormone (TH) withdrawal in preparation for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions on thyroid cancer patients. Presently, only limited data are available on the L-T3 for L-T4 therapeutic substitution. Objective...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Celi FS,Zemskova M,Linderman JD,Babar NI,Skarulis MC,Csako G,Wesley R,Costello R,Penzak SR,Pucino F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay (RIA) procedure was devised for the estimation of PRL in eluates of dried whole blood from filter paper. Levels of PRL were measured in newborn blood obtained during the first week of life from 530 infants of normal birthweight (greater than 2500 g) with normal T4 values, 114 infants of normal birth...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mitchell ML,Hermos RJ,Bennett JE,McKenna JJ,Mitchell EL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Previous studies suggesting effects of metyrapone on extra-adrenal corticosteroid metabolism have involved significant alterations in plasma cortisol. We have therefore studied effects of metyrapone on urinary excretion of steroids in a group of patients treated concurrently with hydrocortisone...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Raven PW,Checkley SA,Taylor NF

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) may be detected by measuring cyclic AMP increases in cultures of isolated thyroid cells in response to added patient immunoglobulins (Ig). We have compared the frequency that TSI may be detected in the Ig fraction of 114 sera from 112 patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grant SJ,Luttrell BM,Hales IB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of brain catecholamine (CA) activity in the neuroendocrine regulation of the GnRH-LH system in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO) was investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detector. We measured urinary dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA), adrenaline (A), vanillylmandeli...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Paradisi R,Grossi G,Venturoli S,Capelli M,Porcu E,Fabbri R,Pasquali R,Flamigni C

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An inverse relationship has been shown between body mass index (BMI) and the peak growth hormone (GH) response to stimulation in adults and in children with short stature. This relation is observed even within a normal range of BMI. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of BMI on the GH respons...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Loche S,Guzzetti C,Pilia S,Ibba A,Civolani P,Porcu M,Minerba L,Casini MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:The 'basal' plasma glucose, defined as the stable overnight concentration, has been assessed as an index of diabetes control by comparison with plasma glucose measurements during 24-h profiles in diet-treated maturity-onset diabetic patients and normal subjects. The basal plasma glucose correlated with the total (r=0....

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Holman RR,Turner RC

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new radioreceptor assay for insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II), using receptors on ovine placental membranes, is described. Half-maximal displacement of specifically bound radioiodinated human IGF-II tracer was seen at 1.0 ng/tube of unlabelled IGF-II. The cross-reactivity of IGF-I was 1%, and insulin was entire...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Baxter RC,de Mellow JS

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the role of endogenous oestrogen activity in osteoporosis we measured relative metacarpal cortical area (RCA), body mass, serum oestrone, oestradiol, androstenedione, and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in 746 postmenopausal women aged 53 to 76 years, sampled from the general population. The occurrence...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： van Hemert AM,Birkenhäger JC,De Jong FH,Vandenbroucke JP,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present clinical investigation uses a high-precision GH immunofluorometric assay to examine the postulate that principally the amplitude mode of GH secretory control is disrupted in adults with GH deficiency. PATIENTS AND METHODS:To this end, we investigated GH secretory dynamics in a cohort of 19 adu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Roelfsema F,Biermasz NR,Veldhuis JD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Three independent genome-wide association studies in white populations have reported that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the KIAA0350 gene are associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D). The gene product of KIAA0350 is predicted to be a sugar binding C-type lectin. In the present study...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wu X,Zhu X,Wang X,Ma J,Zhu S,Li J,Liu Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oral glucose (40 g/m2 body surface area) on the leucocyte 22Na efflux rate constants (ERC) was studied in 13 normal weight and 10 obese subjects. The ouabain-sensitive 22Na ERC was higher in leucocytes isolated from fasting obese subjects (median [range] for obese 2.77 [2.33-3.11] vs normals 1.91 [1.57-2...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ng LL,Hockaday TD

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abnormal serum liver function tests are common in patients with untreated thyrotoxicosis, even prior to the initiation of antithyroidal medications that may worsen the severity of the abnormal serum liver biochemistries. There is a wide range of the incidence of these abnormalities in the published literature...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lin TY,Shekar AO,Li N,Yeh MW,Saab S,Wilson M,Leung AM

更新日期：2017-05-01 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:Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism (FIHP) is a rare hereditary disorder. We present four patients from a single family with FIHP, and genetic analysis of their parathyroid adenomas and parathyroid carcinoma. DESIGN:DNA was extracted from tumours resected at surgery. Tumours were examined for loss ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yoshimoto K,Endo H,Tsuyuguchi M,Tanaka C,Kimura T,Iwahana H,Kato G,Sano T,Itakura M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The insulin tolerance test (ITT) has been suggested as the gold standard for diagnosing GH deficiency (GHD). The ITT is, however, potentially hazardous. Glucose monitoring during the ITT varies between centres and there is surprisingly little information on the actual level of blood glucose nadir and the dura...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Holmer H,Link K,Erfurth EM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acromegalic patients have increased left ventricular (LV) mass (M) and impaired diastolic function. AIM:Using ultrasonic cardiac tissue characterization, we evaluated the early changes in cardiac fibrosis (IBS) and intrinsic myocardial contractility (CVI) as well as their reversibility after treatment with ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bogazzi F,Di Bello V,Palagi C,Donne MG,Di Cori A,Gavioli S,Talini E,Cosci C,Sardella C,Brogioni S,Mariani M,Martino E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new model has been established for the perfused in situ rat lung. During perfusion with glucose at 4 mmol/l, physiological concentrations of insulin (50 mu/l) caused an initial 1.5 fold increase in lactate production; the increase being sustained at 30% for the 4 h of perfusion. The observation that the lung respond...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Stubbs WA,Morgan I,Lloyd B,Alberti KG

更新日期：1977-09-01 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：: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