Thyroxine, triiodothyronine and thyrotrophin levels in meningococcal meningitis, typhoid fever and other febrile conditions.

abstract：:The antigenicity of HCG was tested in twenty-three young healthy men receiving two different HCG preparations (A and B). Each subject received 5000 i.u. HCG intramuscularly daily for three consecutive days, followed by another course, 3 weeks later, of 5000 i.u. HCG injections daily for 3 days. Two of the fifteen subj...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nieschlag E,Bernitz S,Töpert M

更新日期：1982-05-01 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：CONTEXT:Germline mutations in four genes (RET, VHL, SDHB and SDHD) are detected in about 17% of patients with apparently sporadic pheochromocytoma. Thus, genetic screening of all patients with this disease is suggested for a rational diagnostic approach and management. OBJECTIVE:To report the clinical, biochemical and...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： D'Elia AV,Grimaldi F,Pizzolitto S,De Maglio G,Bregant E,Passon N,Franzoni A,Verrienti A,Tamburrano G,Durante C,Filetti S,Fogolari F,Russo D,Damante G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with Bloom's syndrome aged from 2 8/12 to 27 years, all of whom had hypogonadism, were subjected to an i.v. LHRH test and two of them to an i.m. HCG test. There was increased responsiveness of plasma LH and FSH, indicating that the hypogonadism is primary in nature and of early development. The tubular e...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kauli R,Prager-lewin R,Kaufman H,Laron Z

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven women with primary amenorrhoea and hyperprolactinaemia were treated with bromocriptine. All the women had started to develop secondary sex characteristics at normal age but pubertal development stopped and menarche did not occur. Radiological signs of a pituitary tumour were found in all the women. Before the pi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bergh T,Nillius SJ,Wide L

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：:A 32-year-old Caucasian male, clinically euthyroid, with paranoid schizophrenia and granulocytopenia, had elevated total and free serum T4 and T3; serum TSH was normal (2.7 +/- 0.7 micronU/ml). There was no goitre present, no evidence of Graves' disease, and no evidence of pituitary tumour. He had a normal response to...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tamagna EI,Carlson HE,Hershman JM,Reed AW

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive calcitonin was found in extracts of seven out of eight consecutive breast carcinomas and four selected lung carcinomas, but not in extracts of benign breast lesions or normal tissues. This suggests that the high plasma calcitonin levels observed in patients with a wide variety of cancers reflect ectopic...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hillyard CJ,Coombes RC,Greenberg PB,Galante LS,MacIntyre I

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To provide evidence of efficacy and safety for use of lutropin alfa in inducing follicular development and pregnancy in hypogonadotrophic hypogonadal women with profound gonadotrophin deficiency. DESIGN:An open-label, noncomparative extension of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study PATIENTS:...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kaufmann R,Dunn R,Vaughn T,Hughes G,O'Brien F,Hemsey G,Thomson B,O'Dea LS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the capacity of thyroid follicular cells to function as antigen presenting cells, we have examined their ability to stimulate allogeneic T cells. DESIGN:Thyroid follicular cells were pretreated with interferon-gamma or phorbol myristate acetate, washed thoroughly, and their capacity to induce allog...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tandon N,Weetman AP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prevalence of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS1) among isolated hypoparathyroidism (HP) or primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) is not well established. We studied the frequency of APS1 in patients with HP or PAI by measuring interferon-α (IFN-α) antibody levels, a highly sensitive and specifi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sahoo SK,Zaidi G,Srivastava R,Sarangi AN,Bharti N,Eriksson D,Bensing S,Kämpe O,Aggarwal A,Aggarwal R,Bhatia E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current guidelines do not recommend the routine use of somatostatin analogue pretreatment prior to surgery in patients with growth hormone-secreting pituitary tumours. In theory, presurgical use of somatostatin analogues should improve metabolic control and reduce soft tissue swelling, leading to improved anaesthetic ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Jacob JJ,Bevan JS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the endocrine requirements for induction of follicle maturation, ovulation and luteal function we have measured plasma LH and FSH concentrations in 109 cycles induced by treatment with LHRH in 25 women with amenorrhoea of diverse aetiology. The major clinical and endocrine subgroupings were pol...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Abdulwahid NA,Adams J,van der Spuy ZM,Jacobs HS

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenolytic agent, 2,2-bis[2-chlorophenyl-4-chlorophenyl] 1,1 dichloroethane (o,p'-DDD), was used over a 20-month period following surgery in a 2 3/12-year-old girl for treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma. The child remained free of disease and was maintained on glucocorticoid and mineralo-corticoid supplements ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Greig F,Oberfield SE,Levine LS,Ghavimi F,Pang S,New MI

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Obestatin is a novel hormone that is encoded by the Ghrelin gene and produced in the gut. Ghrelin is profoundly orexogenic and adipogenic, increasing food intake and body weight. This new ghrelin-associated peptide behaves as a physiological opponent of ghrelin in rodent animals, but its pathophysiological r...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Qi X,Li L,Yang G,Liu J,Li K,Tang Y,Liou H,Boden G

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:  Surgical remission rates for acromegaly vary and are dependent on the tumour morphology, biochemical definition of disease remission and surgical expertise. A previous report from the Manchester region in 1998 reported an overall surgical remission rate of 27% using accepted criteria for biochemical remi...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wang YY,Higham C,Kearney T,Davis JR,Trainer P,Gnanalingham KK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypercortisolaemia is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), either through a direct action on the myocardium or by increased traditional cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the alterations in the ECG in Cushing's disease (CD) are predictab...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Alexandraki KI,Kaltsas GA,Vouliotis AI,Papaioannou TG,Trisk L,Zilos A,Korbonits M,Besser GM,Anastasakis A,Grossman AB

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:As long ago as 1970, it was proposed that Ca2+ can act as a 'second messenger' like cAMP (Rasmussen & Nagata, 1979). The recognition that calmodulin is a major Ca2+ binding protein in non-muscle cells has prompted the suggestion that calmodulin may serve an analogous role for Ca2+ to that served by protein kinase for ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Brown BL,Walker SW,Tomlinson S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mutations in the dual oxidase 2 gene (DUOX2) is the most common genetic cause of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Japan. All previously described DUOX2 mutation-carrying families have followed autosomal recessive inheritance. We report a nonconsanguineous Japanese family harbouring biallelic DUOX2 mutations...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Abe K,Narumi S,Suwanai AS,Hamajima T,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 44 patients with acromegaly treated by transsphenoidal pituitary microsurgery, the relationship between changes in pre- and post-operative GH dynamics and postoperative fasting plasma GH levels was examined to clarify which is the optimal approach for evaluating postoperative removal of the tumour. TRH, LHRH and br...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Karashima T,Kato K,Nawata H,Ikuyama S,Ibayashi H,Nakagaki H,Kitamura K

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective observational studies uniformly link vitamin D deficiency with the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), yet trials supplementing participants at risk of T2DM with vitamin D to reduce progression to T2DM have yielded inconsistent results. Inconsistencies between supplementation trials may be due to...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Shore-Lorenti C,Brennan SL,Sanders KM,Neale RE,Lucas RM,Ebeling PR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association of adrenal hyperactivity with ovarian dysfunction may involve direct inhibition of ovarian steroidogenesis by glucocorticoids. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to investigate the direct effects of cortisol on luteinizing hormone (LH) action in human granulosa-lutein cells and the m...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Michael AE,Pester LA,Curtis P,Shaw RW,Edwards CR,Cooke BA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Previous studies suggested that plasma aldosterone (PAC) response to ACTH stimulation could predict the subtypes of primary aldosteronism (PA) and avoid adrenal venous sampling (AVS). OBJECTIVE:Assess the usefulness of peripheral (P) PAC response to ACTH stimulation during AVS to identify the source of aldoste...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： St-Jean M,Bourdeau I,Therasse É,Lacroix A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With increasing use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, pituitary adenomas are being discovered incidentally with increasing frequency. However, limited data are available concerning the clinical importance and natural history of such 'incicentalomas'. We have undertaken a prospective study...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Feldkamp J,Santen R,Harms E,Aulich A,Mödder U,Scherbaum WA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve the diagnostic sensitivity of PTH measurements, more data on the upper limit of the reference interval for PTH levels were requested at a recent international consensus conference. As PTH levels vary inversely with plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels and as vitamin D insufficiency is widespr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rejnmark L,Vestergaard P,Heickendorff L,Mosekilde L

更新日期：2011-01-01 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