Testosterone administration increases adrenal response to adrenocorticotrophin.

abstract：:Delayed puberty is defined arbitrarily on the basis of statistical consideration, when no signs of puberty have occurred at 2.0 SD (13.4 years in girls and 13.8 in boys) above the mean chronological age for the onset of puberty. The vast majority of these patients have no endocrine abnormality and their pubertal devel...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Albanese A,Stanhope R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The human DIMINUTO/DWARF1 homolog seladin-1/DHCR24 has been recently reported to be up-regulated in adrenocortical adenomas. Seladin-1 expression has been reported in the normal ovary. Granulosa cell tumours of the ovary (GCT) as with adrenocortical adenomas arise from a steroidogenic tissue, respond to pitui...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fuller PJ,Alexiadis M,Jobling T,McNeilage J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease represents the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the progressive form of liver injury. The pathophysiology that leads to NASH is not well understood. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesize that an altered cortisol metabolism in the liver ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Konopelska S,Kienitz T,Hughes B,Pirlich M,Bauditz J,Lochs H,Strasburger CJ,Stewart PM,Quinkler M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) is a widely expressed 7·5 kDa mitogenic peptide hormone. Although it is abundant in serum, understanding of its physiological role is limited compared with that of IGF-I. IGF-II regulates foetal development and differentiation, but its role in adults is less well understood. Evid...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Livingstone C,Borai A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to determine the effects of folate supplementation on inflammatory factors and biomarkers of oxidative stress among women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted among 69 w...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bahmani F,Karamali M,Shakeri H,Asemi Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Given the important role of the beta2-adrenoceptor (beta2-AR) in lipid mobilization and the lack of studies in Southern European countries, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of the glutamine 27 glutamic acid (Gln27Glu) beta2-AR polymorphism in the susceptibility to obesity and its metabolic co...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： González Sánchez JL,Proenza AM,Martínez Larrad MT,Ramis JM,Fernández Pérez C,Palou A,Serrano Ríos M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently identified a novel anorexigenic protein, nesfatin-1, which is processed from nesfatin/nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2). However, the clinical importance of this protein has not been determined. OBJECTIVE:To investigate its clinical significance in humans, we have established a new specific enzyme-linked i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tsuchiya T,Shimizu H,Yamada M,Osaki A,Oh-I S,Ariyama Y,Takahashi H,Okada S,Hashimoto K,Satoh T,Kojima M,Mori M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six healthy subjects were infused with angiotensin II and plasma concentrations of angiotensin, ACTH and cortisol were measured before, during and after the infusion. In all cases the plasma ACTH concentration fell as plasma angiotensin increased and rose again, sometimes to higher than basal levels, when the angioten...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Semple PF,Buckingham JC,Mason PA,Fraser R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glucocorticoid excess is commonly related to neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, with memory impairment typically found among these disorders. The objective of this study is to offer a clinical profile of memory deficits resulting from exposure to chronic stress-level elevations of endogenous glucoco...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： León-Carrión J,Atutxa AM,Mangas MA,Soto-Moreno A,Pumar A,Leon-Justel A,Martín-Rodriguez JF,Venegas E,Domínguez-Morales MR,Leal-Cerro A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are no consistent data on the prevalence and bone status of normocalcaemic hypoparathyroidism (NHYPO) as defined by normal adjusted calcium and low PTH level. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and the metabolic bone profile of NHYPO in older women, assessing its evolution over time. The second obj...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Palermo A,Jacques R,Gossiel F,Reid DM,Roux C,Felsenberg D,Glueer CC,Eastell R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Autoimmune thyroiditis is one of the most common autoimmune disorders. Autoantibodies against the thyroid gland, with thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab) and thyroglobulin antibody (Tg-Ab) as the most common autoantibodies, can often be demonstrated in serum in population surveys. In the present st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pedersen IB,Knudsen N,Jørgensen T,Perrild H,Ovesen L,Laurberg P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The differentiation of benign from malignant phaeochromocytoma is difficult. We have examined whether the use of flow cytometric determination of nuclear DNA content would be useful as a predictor of malignant behaviour in patients with phaeochromocytoma as some previous studies had suggested t...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Heaney AP,O'Rourke D,Arthur K,Beatty OL,Russell CF,Sloan JM,Hamilton P,Atkinson AB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) produced by cancers has a central role as a humoral mediator of hypercalcaemia in patients with malignancy. Since the prevalences of hypercalcaemia of malignancy and parathyroid disease reflect the population studied, hypercalcaemic patients from a di...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Walls J,Ratcliffe WA,Howell A,Bundred NJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High gastrin levels were found in twenty-one out of fifty-six consecutive patients (38%) with thyrotoxicosis. Following return to euthyroidism gastrin levels generally fell, but twelve patients (21%) remained hypergastrinaemic. Six of these patients (11%) had achlorhydria indicating atrophic gastritis of the antrum sp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dahlberg PA,Karlsson FA,Lundqvist G

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 63 consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) a prospective screening study was undertaken for coexistent multiple endocrine neoplasma-(MEN)-syndrome type 1. The screening consisted of a clinical examination, a radiological examination of the sella turcica with skeletal tomography (and in equivocal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Muhr C,Ljunghall S,Akerstrom G,Palmér M,Bergström K,Enoksson P,Lundqvist G,Wide L

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is a lack of normal reference data on urinary GH (u-GH) excretion in children. We have investigated the impact of age, gender, pubertal development and body mass on reference values for u-GH excretion in normally growing non-obese and obese children. STUDY DESIGN:u-GH levels were evaluated in 1153 heal...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bona G,Petri A,Rapa A,Conti A,Sartorio A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven healthy females referred for legal abortion between the sixth and ninth week of pregnancy were treated for 1 week with either bromocriptine, metoclopramide or placebo. Serum prolactin was significantly (P < 0.01) elevated by metoclopramide and suppressed by bromocriptine. Despite a more than tenfold diffe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Andersen AN,Hertz J,Kjer JJ,Eskildsen PC,Larsen PS,Svenstrup B,Nielsen J,Arends J

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma glucagon response to an arginine infusion was studied in children and adolescents belonging to the following groups: (I) twenty-two controls; (II) six subjects with delayed insulin peak during oral GTT; (III) ten diabetics on diet and/or oral therapy; (IV) six newly diagnosed uncompensated diabetics; and (V) ei...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Josefsberg Z,Laron Z,Doron M,Keret R,Belinski Y,Weismann I

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate whether the absence of increased 5 alpha-reductase activity explained the absence of hirsutism in premenopausal obese women with increased free testosterone (FT) levels. DESIGN:As in hyperandrogenicity there generally exists evidence for increased 5 alpha-reductase act...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Giagulli VA,De Pergola G,Giorgino F,Cignarelli M,Abbaticchio G,Vermeulen A,Giorgino R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distinguishing malignant thyroid nodules in patients with follicular cytology by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) remains problematic. The large majority of thyroid nodules (> 85%) are overtreated. Therefore, a clear need exists to develop more accurate initial diagnostic tests for follicular thyroid nodules. Ga...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hooft L,van der Veldt AA,Hoekstra OS,Boers M,Molthoff CF,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Vitamin D deficiency is widely prevalent throughout the world. Pregnant women, neonates and infants form most vulnerable groups for vitamin D deficiency. OBJECTIVE:(1) To find prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women. (2) To evaluate the effect of supplementation with cholecalciferol in improving v...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Sablok A,Batra A,Thariani K,Batra A,Bharti R,Aggarwal AR,Kabi BC,Chellani H

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Microprolactinomas have been reported to resolve spontaneously after pregnancy and there have been suggestions that oestrogen therapy increases the size of microprolactinomas. Little is known, however, about the effect of the menopause in patients previously known to be hyperprolactinaemic. The aim of this st...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Karunakaran S,Page RC,Wass JA

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:A 39-year-old woman presented with secondary amenorrhoea in the absence of galactorrhoea, hirsutism or virilization. Investigation revealed a strikingly elevated serum testosterone, dihydrotesterone, free testosterone and LH level. At laparotomy a large granulosa cell tumour was encountered and totally removed. Analys...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Taylor HC,Velasco ME,Flores SG,Berg G,Brown TR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT & OBJECTIVE:A recent paper by our group reported that regular aerobic exercise during pregnancy led to lower foetal IGF-I and IGF-II concentrations and a modest reduction in offspring birth weight when compared with the offspring of nontraining control participants. Maternal hormonal alterations in response to ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Hopkins SA,Baldi JC,Cutfield WS,McCowan L,Hofman PL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether subclinical hypothyroidism adversely impacts pregnancy outcomes is inconclusive, and limited data are available on the optimal TSH range in women planning pregnancy. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between maternal preconception TSH levels and pregnancy outcomes. DESIGN:Population-based co...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Chen S,Zhou X,Zhu H,Yang H,Gong F,Wang L,Zhang M,Jiang Y,Yan C,Li J,Wang Q,Zhang S,Pan H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone and prolactin are secreted episodically in man and experimental animals. To investigate physiologic mechanisms of GH and PRL secretion, a series of experiments were performed in individual, unanaesthetized male and female rats. GH secretion in the male rat is characterized by intermittent surges that oc...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Terry LC,Saunders A,Audet J,Willoughby JO,Brazeau P,Martin JB

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opiate control of the pituitary-adrenal axis has been investigated in normal subjects. The infusion of 1 mg of the met-enkephalin analogue, DAMME, led to a fall in circulating cortisol in spite of a fall in blood pressure. Conversley, 16 mg of the opiate antagonist, naloxone led to brisk and pronounced elevations ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grossman A,Gaillard RC,McCartney P,Rees LH,Besser GM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The interferon-induced helicase C domain-containing protein 1 (IFIH1) gene encodes a sensor for double-stranded RNA that initiates antiviral activity against enteroviruses. Previous investigations have indicated a role for IFIH1 in autoimmunity, as common and rare polymorphisms in this gene have been associat...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zurawek M,Fichna M,Januszkiewicz D,Fichna P,Nowak J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00