Abstract：
:Adrenal scintigraphy using 131I-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol or 6-methyl-75Se-methyl-19-norcholesterol is a function-dependent imaging method which, in association with high-resolution spatial imaging techniques, plays an essential role in the study of adrenocortical hyperfunction. It can distinguish between bilateral cortical hyperplasia and monolateral adenoma or carcinoma and can lateralise the adenoma. In patients with Cushing syndrome, in addition to allowing a distinction to be made between ACTH-dependent forms and independent forms, adrenocortical scintigraphy is particularly appropriate to identify non-common forms of adenomatous hyperplasia. Adrenocortical scintigraphy, performed during dexamethasone administration, is an accurate mean of differentiating bilateral adrenal hyperplasia from monolateral forms (adenoma or carcinoma) in patients with Conn's syndrome. Owing to the gradual spread of high-resolution spatial imaging techniques, the problem of the diagnostic classification of so-called "incidentalomas" (clinically silent masses discovered by chance) is a subject of considerable interest. Adreno-cortical scintigraphy appears to be able to provide an important contribution to identifying the functional behaviour of these tumours. Since the early 80s meta-iodobenzyl-guanidine (MIBG), marked with 131I or 123I, with a structure similar to norepinephrine and characterized by selective tropism for sympathetic and chromaffin tissue, has been used for the scintigraphic study of adrenal medulla. MIBG scintigraphy has been found to be particularly appropriate for the study of intra- and extra-adrenal, single and multiple, benign and malignant pheochromocytomas. This method has a high overall sensitivity and specificity. Lastly, MIBG scintigraphy is useful in the study of neuroblastoma.
journal_name
Minerva Endocrinoljournal_title
Minerva endocrinologicaauthors
Gregianin M,Bui F,Varotto L,Zucchetta P,Macri Csubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-03-01 00:00:00pages
27-38issue
1eissn
0391-1977issn
1827-1634journal_volume
20pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Thyroid nodule is extremely common. Its prevalence has been estimated to be more than 5% in the adult population. If thyroid nodule is a rare condition, 0.004% a year, identifying those nodules, which are likely to be malignant, is very important for physicians. The evaluation of thyroid is carried out using the fine ...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Bone mineral content (CMO, mg/cm2) was measured at the distal radius by dual photon absorptiometry (DPA, I125, Am241) in 1.161 women (w), aged 20-87 years. Women were subdivided into different groups according to the presence and duration of menopause. For gross evaluation of spinal osteoporosis (OP), the results of s...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Obesity has become a national epidemic and a disease of global magnitude. The numbers of patients with obesity have grown exponentially in the last 10 years to the degree that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one third of the US population is obese. The prevalence of diabetes has grown by mo...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To investigate whether inappropriate LH secretion in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCO) was related to a reduction of inhibitory opioid control on the GnRH-LH system, 23 women affected by PCO (12 obese, BMI: 37.1 +/- 3.9 and 11 non obese, BMI: 21.5 + 2.4) and 19 fertile women (10 obese, BMI: 38.8 + 1.8 and 9 non obese, B...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This review concerns the relation between most frequent thyroid gland diseases and diabetes mellitus in adult patients. Special attention is paid to autoimmune thyroiditis, Graves' disease, thyroid autoimmunity in pregnant diabetic women, and iodine metabolism. We focused on mechanisms leading to coexistence of both e...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder with well-established metabolic abnormalities. In the present study, untargeted metabolomics technology was applied to analyze the serum and follicular fluid samples from women with polycystic ovary syndrome and healthy controls using 1H nuclea...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0391-1977.20.03199-5
更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of this paper was to determine the prevalence of altered sensorium and their determinants in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). METHODS:Retrospective review of medical records for diabetic ketoacidosis admissions over a two year period. RESULTS:A total of 94 admissions for DKA in 89 patients were reviewed. Majo...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Acromegaly is a rare and chronic disease that, in the majority of cases, is due to the presence of a benign growth hormone (GH)-producing tumor of the pituitary. In the past, the diagnosis of acromegaly was established basically on physical changes, and only the patients with a severe clinical picture were brought to ...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Visualization of cerebral perfusion with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPET) needs lipophil radiotracers which are able to cross the intact blood-brain-barrier (BBB); moreover local uptake must reflect regional cerebral blood flow. In the last decade many radiopharmaceuticals have been suggested and empl...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Very-low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) is a promising lifestyle intervention for the management of overweight and obesity. It is characterized by a restriction of both calories and carbohydrates, while assuring the adequate proteins, fats and micronutrients intake. Significant results in terms of excess body weight l...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0391-1977.20.03356-8
更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00
abstract：:The pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOs) is not well known till now. Previous reports indicated an hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in obese and non obese PCOs. However the role of hyperinsulinemia in PCOs pathogenesis is not completely understood. In this study we evaluated the glycemic and insulin...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether Doppler ultrasonography (DU) may be of help in characterizing thyroid nodes is still under debate: both good and unsatisfactory results have been claimed, either in evaluating the presence of malignancy or in identifying hyperfunctional structures. METHODS:In this paper, the scintigraphic and Dopple...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Bariatric surgery has been found to be very useful in treating established type-2 diabetes in obese persons, as well as in borderline diabetics, besides giving a good weight loss. Various modifications of the primary bariatric procedures have been introduced, with differ advantages and better efficacy. Good incretin r...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Many hormones and some neuropeptides and neurotransmitters play a key role in regulating numerous lymphoid cell functions. In particular, somatostatin (ss), substance P (sp) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (vip) appear to be involved in numerous regulating mechanisms of cell activities in the immune system under...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is a hypothalamic hormone that is essential for normal expansion of the somatotrope lineage during pituitary development. Decreased GHRH secretion and/or action leads to impairment of this process and somatotrope hypoplasia in both humans and experimental animals. Excessive GHRH...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 49-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of weight loss, muscular weakness, easy fatigue, impotence, decreased visual acuity, campimetry defects. The results of radiologic and endocrine testing disclosed the presence of pituitary dysfunction due to pituitary stalk section caused by a giant suprasellar aneury...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The efficacy of low and high fixed dose radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy in patients with toxic nodular goiter was investigated. METHODS:Ninety-three patients (25 males, 68 females) were included into the study (32 patients with toxic adenoma, 61 patients with toxic multinodular goiter). Patients were treated with...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In health, growth hormone (GH) is secreted in a circadian rhythm with superimposed pulsatility. Temporal fluctuations of hormone concentrations are essential for physiological action, and loss of diurnal rhythm is important in the development of disease. GH feedback occurs through the hypothalamus and involves neurope...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Diabetological care in pre-gestational (preGDM) and gestational (GDM) pregnant diabetic is an indispensable factor for the reduction of risk of mother, fetus and newborn complications. The adoption of an intensified therapy, aiming at maintaining almost normal glycemic values, and the improvement in fetal monitoring h...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors present 6 cases of carotid glomus tumours referred to their attention over the past 10 years. Their experience shows that colour ultrasonography (using both morphological and functional evaluation) is the diagnostic key for defining the treatment of paraganglioma. More recent experience highlights the role...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild hypothyroidism (thyroid stimulating hormone [TSH] less than 10 mIU/L) induces reversible cognitive dysfunction, which can be evaluated by event related potentials (ERP). So far, only little is known about the impact of subclinical hypothyroidism on ERP as electrophysiological markers of cognitive activi...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0391-1977.16.02327-0
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Adrenals are a common site of metastasis for many solid tumors. Adrenal metastases, and related symptoms of adrenal failure, are usually overlooked in clinical practice. This is probably due to the functional compensation of the adrenal glands and to the fact that signs and symptoms of adrenal insufficiency are aspeci...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:For decades gross-total resection was the preferred treatment option in childhood-onset craniopharyngioma, assuming that radical strategies at the time of initial diagnosis and treatment would result in cure. Recent reports on long-term prognosis, novel treatment approaches, and molecular genetics provide new insights...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.23736/S0391-1977.17.02615-3
更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term effectiveness and safety of liraglutide in real world. METHODS:A diabetes clinic in Italy systematically collected data of all patients treated with liraglutide. Generalized hierarchical linear regression models for repeated measures were applied to assess tre...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Recent trials have reported sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors to decrease cardiac morbidity and hospitalization in diabetic patients. They have a remarkable ability to modify the cardio-renal axis and have a safer metabolic profile among the existing pharmacotherapy in diabetes. There are multiple pro...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0391-1977.20.03221-6
更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00
abstract：:The majority of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer are cured with standard primary treatments including surgery, radioactive iodine and TSH suppression. A small proportion of patients who develop radioactive iodine-refractory metastatic disease have few treatment options. Recent discovery of the molecular mec...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is diabetes that is first diagnosed in the second or third trimester of pregnancy in patients who did not have a history of diabetes before pregnancy. Consequences of GDM include increased risk of macrosomia and birth complications in the infant and an increased risk of maternal typ...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0391-1977.20.03192-2
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The use of GH treatment in subjects with a GH deficiency has led to contrasting results concerning its impact to develop thyroid hyperfunction, whereas many others have underlined the possible onset of hypothyroidism. A number of studies have been carried out over short periods in subjects with multiple tropin deficie...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Steroid hormones mediate pleiotropic cellular processes involved in metabolism, cellular proliferation, and differentiation. The ability of the cell to respond to its hormonal environment is transduced by nuclear receptors (NRs) that bind both hormone and DNA. Hence, NRs represent a link between the external hormonal ...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nodular goiter encompasses a spectrum of diseases from the incidental asyntomatic small solitary nodule to the large intrathoracic goiter causing pressure symptoms as well as functional complaints. The mainstay in the diagnostic evaluation is related to functional and morphological characterization with serum thyroid-...
journal_title：Minerva endocrinologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
