Serum immunoreactive melatonin in boys with delayed puberty.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between circulating leptin levels, bone mineral content and density in the elderly. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. PATIENTS:A cohort of 92 men and 171 women, with ages ranging from 68 to 75 years, selected as a healthy and normal functioning group, in the city centre of Verona. ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zoico E,Zamboni M,Adami S,Vettor R,Mazzali G,Tosoni P,Bissoli L,Bosello O

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenal disorders such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia result in abnormal adrenal size and morphology, but little is known about the clinical value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in determining adrenal volume. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential usefulness of MR methodology, to estimate adrenal size ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mouritsen A,Johansen ML,Wohlfahrt-Veje C,Hagen CP,Tinggaard J,Mieritz MG,Tefre de Renzy-Martin K,Soeborg T,Fallentin E,Juul A,Main KM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (MyD) is a common genetic neuromuscular disorder in which chromosome 19 gives rise to an abnormal expansion of CTG-trinucleotide repeats. MyD is a highly variable multisystem disorder with muscular and nonmuscular abnormalities. Increasingly, endocrine abnormalities, such as gonadal, pancreatic, and...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Misra D,DeSilva S,Fellerman H,Dufour DR,Streeten DH,Nylen ES

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:The possibility of differences in glucocorticoid sensitivity between normal and cystic fibrosis fibroblasts was studied in cultured cells derived from forearm skin biopsies. Both normal and cystic fibrosis cells bound tritiated dexamethasone with high affinity (Kd 37 degrees C approximately equal to 10 nmol/1) to a li...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Khalid BA,Gyorki S,Warne GL,Funder JW

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity disproportionately affects African Americans (AA) (especially women), and is linked to depressed 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH D) and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH). The relationship of 25-OH D and PTH with body composition and size in AA is not well known. OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship o...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Valiña-Tóth AL,Lai Z,Yoo W,Abou-Samra A,Gadegbeku CA,Flack JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is evidence showing that GH and IGF-I have specific receptors in the heart and that these hormones are able to promote cardiac remodelling and inotropism. It has been reported that patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) benefit from treatment with rhGH showing a striking increase in cardiac contract...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Broglio F,Fubini A,Morello M,Arvat E,Aimaretti G,Gianotti L,Boghen MF,Deghenghi R,Mangiardi L,Ghigo E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Small, dense low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are a feature of the metabolic syndrome (MS) but their predictive role still remains to be established. We performed a 2-year follow-up study in 124 subjects with MS (63 +/- 6 years), as defined by the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung and Blood Instit...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rizzo M,Pernice V,Frasheri A,Di Lorenzo G,Rini GB,Spinas GA,Berneis K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus (FNDI) is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome stemming from the absence of arginine vasopressin (AVP). More than thirty-five different germline mutations in the arginine vasopressin-neurophysin II gene have been reported. These mutations are either in the signal peptide or s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Boson WL,Sarubi JC,d'Alva CB,Friedman E,Faria D,De Marco L,Wajchenberg B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:To better understand acylghrelin plasma stability, human synthetic acylghrelin was spiked into plasma and tracked by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. To investigate the best method for quantifying clinical plasma acylghrelin levels, pre- and postprandial human blood was collected fr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Blatnik M,Soderstrom CI

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Uncontrolled hypothyroidism has been associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of increasing levothyroxine (LT4) dose on reducing the risk of adverse outcomes for pregnant women with TSH level greater than the recommended 1st trimester limit. DESIGN...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Maraka S,Singh Ospina NM,O'Keeffe DT,Rodriguez-Gutierrez R,Espinosa De Ycaza AE,Wi CI,Juhn YJ,Coddington CC 3rd,Montori VM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The disruption between the brain and the spinal cord leads to a decentralized sympathetic nervous system in people with chronic, cervical spinal cord lesions. These tetraplegic subjects are prone to disorders of energy metabolism and osteoporosis, and they experience alterations in their body composition with...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hjeltnes N,De Groot P,Birkeland KI,Falch JA,Iversen PO

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Androgen insensitivity syndromes (AIS) in subjects with 46, XY karyotype and normal or even elevated androgen blood levels are characterized by various aberrations in male differentiation and virilization. AIS is often accompanied by a broad spectrum of abnormal binding characteristics of the androgen recepto...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Weidemann W,Linck B,Haupt H,Mentrup B,Romalo G,Stockklauser K,Brinkmann AO,Schweikert HU,Spindler KD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the inositol phospholipid turnover response to thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH) gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in five corticotroph and six somatotroph pituitary adenomas. GnRH (100 nM) increased inositol phospholipid turnover in five of five somatotroph adeno...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Levy A,Lightman SL,Hoyland J,Mason WT

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac patients treated with the iodine-containing drug 'amiodarone' undergo a significant iodine overload which can last for months after the drug has been withdrawn. Some patients develop hyperthyroidism and others hypothyroidism. In the hyper- or hypothyroid patients, the indices of thyroid function are modified a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jonckheer MH,Blockx P,Broeckaert I,Cornette C,Beckers C

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A convenient, sensitive radioimmunoassay of free thyroxine in serum dialysates is described. The method utilizes a solid phase separation system (pre-formed double antibody) and a relatively short incubation period (220 min) with a staggered addition of tracer. Blanks were low and consistent. The normal range for non-...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Giles AF

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:When the gonadotrophin levels increase at midcycle, more basic isoforms of FSH and LH appear in the circulation. However, when these gonadotrophins increase at menopause more acidic forms appear. The present study was done to see whether chronic 17 beta-oestradiol (E2) administration to post-menopausal women ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wide L,Naessén T

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：CONTEXT:Few studies have evaluated the metabolic outcomes of growth hormone (GH) treatment in idiopathic short stature (ISS). Moreover, children with ISS appear to need higher GH doses than children with GH deficiency (GHD) to achieve the same amount of growth and may therefore be at increased risk of adverse events du...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Decker R,Albertsson-Wikland K,Kriström B,Nierop AF,Gustafsson J,Bosaeus I,Fors H,Hochberg Z,Dahlgren J

更新日期：2010-09-01 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:The aim of this study was to develop an assay for the measurement of thyroid blocking antibodies (TBAb), based on the ability of patient serum to inhibit TSH stimulated 3H-cAMP production following incubation of FRTL-5 or JPO9 cells with 3H-adenine. The assay was then used to evaluate a child born with neonat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Michelangeli VP,Poon CW,Arnus EE,Frauman AG,Connelly J,Colman PG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of long-term growth hormone (GH) treatment on lipid metabolism and carbohydrate tolerance in GH-deficient adults. DESIGN:Open trial of GH treatment for 4 years. GH dose was (median, range) 0.025 (0.010-0.050) IU/kg daily. PATIENTS:Thirteen GH-deficient hypopituitary adults (seven men, s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： al-Shoumer KA,Gray R,Anyaoku V,Hughes C,Beshyah S,Richmond W,Johnston DG

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Skewed X chromosome inactivation (XCI) was associated with female predominance in adult autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD). In normal females, skewed XCI is increased with age. Whether early-onset skewed XCI is associated with childhood ATD remains unknown. This study aimed to determine XCI skewing in paediatri...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Santiwatana S,Mahachoklertwattana P,Limwongse C,Khlairit P,Pongratanakul S,Roothumnong E,Prangphan K,Choubtum L,Songdej D,Poomthavorn P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactation has been associated with suppression of some components of the neuroendocrine stress response. In humans, suppression of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been demonstrated in response to both a psychological and an exercise challenge, but appears to be limited to a short period of time follow...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kaye J,Soothill P,Hunt M,Lightman S

更新日期：2004-11-01 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 protein-tyrosine-phosphate nonreceptor 22 gene (PTPN22) has recently been identified as a susceptibility locus for a number of autoimmune diseases including Graves' disease (GD). PTPN21 is another member of the PTPN family and its gene PTPN21 maps to the first reported region of genetic linkage to GD, GD-...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zeitlin AA,Heward JM,Brand OJ,Newby PR,Franklyn JA,Gough SC,Simmonds MJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate whether an elevated serum antithyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) reflects cancer recurrence in thyroglobulin (Tg)-undetectable patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) after thyroid ablation. DESIGN:We measured serum TgAb level and evaluated the disease status in...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chung JK,Park YJ,Kim TY,So Y,Kim SK,Park DJ,Lee DS,Lee MC,Cho BY

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache is very common in pituitary disease and is reported to be present in more than a third of all patients with pituitary adenomas. Tumour size, cavernous sinus invasion, traction or displacement of intracranial pain-sensitive structures such as blood vessels, cranial nerves and dura mater, and hormonal hypersecr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kreitschmann-Andermahr I,Siegel S,Weber Carneiro R,Maubach JM,Harbeck B,Brabant G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have shown that a relatively high number of diabetic patients may have unsuspected Cushing's syndrome (CS). The aim of the present study was to screen for CS in adult patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus who were not selected for clinical characteristics, such as poor control and obe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Reimondo G,Pia A,Allasino B,Tassone F,Bovio S,Borretta G,Angeli A,Terzolo M

更新日期：2007-08-01 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