Elevated fibrinogen levels decrease following treatment of acromegaly.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The menopausal transition is characterized by increased body fat accumulation, including redistribution from peripheral to central fat depots. This distribution is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease that are linked to low-grade inflammation. We determined whether p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Alvehus M,Simonyte K,Andersson T,Söderström I,Burén J,Rask E,Mattsson C,Olsson T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aromatase deficiency (AD) caused by cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A polypeptide 1 (CYP19A1) variants is characterized by a deficiency in androgen-to-oestrogen conversion. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical characteristics and accurate management of aromatase-deficient children. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Fan L,Zhang B,Li L,Gong C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of circulating thyroglobulin (hTg) and 131I whole body scan were performed in 101 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who had been subjected to surgical thyroidectomy and 131I ablation of remaining thyroid tissue. All 45 patients with positive scans (i.e. functioning metastases) had elevated hT...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Pacini F,Pinchera A,Giani C,Grasso L,Baschieri L

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identification of the novel endocrine role of osteocalcin (OC) and its receptor GPRC6A has given rise to a new branch of research in OC/GPRC6A axis related to glucose metabolism. GPRC6A- and OC-deficient mice share features of the metabolic syndrome, in addition to male infertility. Recently, the polymorphism...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Di Nisio A,Rocca MS,Fadini GP,De Toni L,Marcuzzo G,Marescotti MC,Sanna M,Plebani M,Vettor R,Avogaro A,Foresta C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mutations in SLC16A2, the gene encoding the thyroid hormone (TH)-specific transporter monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), result in a thyroid phenotype and severe mental retardation caused by neuronal TH deficiency. These mutational effects raise the question of whether polymorphic variation in SLC16A2 may ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lago-Lestón R,Iglesias MJ,San-José E,Areal C,Eiras A,Araújo-Vilar D,Lado-Abeal J,Domínguez-Gerpe L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to obtain further information on the aetiology of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), the endocrine changes following enucleation of the corpus luteum in the mid-luteal phase of the cycle were studied in seven patients with PMS, and the results compared to details of seven control patients undergoing hysterecto...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bäckström T,Smith S,Lothian H,Baird DT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase C activity was measured in human endometrium using an assay based on the release of total labelled water soluble products (inositol, inositol phosphates) from L-3-phosphatidyl-[2-3H] inositol. The enzyme was shown to be calcium dependent and to have an optimum pH of 5.5. There was no difference between p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bonney RC,Franks S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma aldosterone (PA), plasma renin activity (PRA), extracellular fluid volume (EFV) and hepatic blood flow were measured in forty-four patients with sustained essential hypertension and compared with forty-two normotensive controls of same age and sex. All patient had inulin clearances within the normal range and b...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Safar ME,Simon AC,Dard SA,Parlier HR,Pauleau NE,Vincent ML,Sassard JE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hyperinsulinaemia has a role in the development of hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovary syndrome in women of normal weight. Polycystic ovaries are common in women with bulimia nervosa and this study aimed to determine whether women with bulimia nervosa are insulin resistant and to examine the relation betwee...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Raphael FJ,Rodin DA,Peattie A,Bano G,Kent A,Nussey SS,Lacey JH

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the 8th edition American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumour-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system (TNM-8), changes have been made regarding anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) compared with the 7th edition (TNM-7). The major changes are that anaplastic ATC now has the same T stage definitions as differe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Xiang J,Wang Z,Sun W,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible relationship between plasma androgenic activity and acne vulgaris was investigated. Plasma testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels were determined in healthy girls during different stages of puberty, in healthy adult women and in women with acne vulgaris. Testosterone increase during p...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Odlind V,Carlström K,Michaëlsson G,Vahlqvist A,Victor A,Mellbin T

更新日期：1982-03-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:Insulin and glucocorticoids are known to increase total leptin levels. However, the effects of insulin and glucocorticoids on the components of the leptin system - free leptin (FL), bound leptin (BL) and soluble leptin receptor (SR) - have not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine if there i...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Lewandowski K,Randeva HS,O'Callaghan CJ,Horn R,Medley GF,Hillhouse EW,Brabant G,O'Hare P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcaemia, a common complication of malignancy, may result from either the lytic effect of multiple osseous metastases or the effect of tumour-derived humoral factors. Excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP), a major cause of humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy, has been incriminated a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Mantzoros CS,Suva LJ,Moses AC,Spark R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Animal data and cross-sectional human studies have established that chronic hyponatraemia predisposes to osteoporosis; the effects of acute hyponatraemia on bone turnover have not been determined. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that acute hyponatraemia leads to dynamic effects on bone turnover. DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Garrahy A,Galloway I,Hannon AM,Dineen R,Javadpour M,Tormey WP,Gan KJ,Twomey PJ,Mc Kenna MJ,Kilbane M,Crowley RK,Sherlock M,Thompson CJ

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the effect of GH substitution on adipose tissue-derived hormones and cytokines and sought to identify predictors for changes in body composition during therapy. Long-standing adult-onset GH deficiency (AO-GHD) is associated with increased body fat mass (FM) which, through production of hormones an...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ueland T,Jørgensen AP,Godang K,Fougner KJ,Aukrust P,Burman P,Bollerslev J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normocalcaemic primary hyperparathyroidism is a condition that can present with intermittent hypercalcemia or may evolve into hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism. This milder biochemical entity remains incompletely understood because of a lack of long-term health outcomes regarding both medical and surgical appr...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Dawood NB,Yan KL,Shieh A,Livhits MJ,Yeh MW,Leung AM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve female patients (mean age 60 years, range 41--74) with euthyroid multinodular goitre and a flat TRH test (median delta TSH 0.9 muIU/ml, range 0--3.5) had normal prolactin responses to TRH (median data prolactin 48 ng/ml, range 6--115). The results are comparable with those in euthyroid patients receiving full s...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Elte JW,Wiarda KS,Frölich M,Haak A

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report and explore potential reasons for undetectable or low-normal serum intact PTH levels in patients with surgically verified primary hyperparathyroidism with parathyroid adenomas, review the relevant literature, and offer suggestions for management of such patients occasionally encountered in clinical...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Bhadada SK,Cardenas M,Bhansali A,Mittal BR,Behera A,Chanukya GV,Nahar U,Rao DS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the reproducibility of 24-h serum growth hormone (GH) concentration profiles in adults. DESIGN:24-h serum GH concentrations were constructed by drawing blood samples at 20-min intervals. Four study occasions over a period of 1 year were chosen to assess the reproducibility. SUBJECTS:Six healthy adu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Saini S,Hindmarsh PC,Matthews DR,Pringle PJ,Jones J,Preece MA,Brook CG

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Carney complex (CNC) is an autosomal dominant multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome (OMIM 160980). About 70% of cases are familiar; most have mutations of the PRKAR1A gene on chromosome 17q22-24. There is little phenotype-genotype correlation known to date. OBJECTIVE:To study the genotype-phenotype correlation...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Gennari M,Stratakis CA,Hovarth A,Pirazzoli P,Cicognani A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have suggested that patients receiving thyroxine are at increased risk of osteoporosis. We set out to measure bone mineral densities in two groups of post-menopausal women receiving thyroxine replacement therapy (those with serum TSH levels persistently suppressed or non-suppressed) and to comp...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grant DJ,McMurdo ME,Mole PA,Paterson CR,Davies RR

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to address the effect of endurance training on monocyte glucocorticoid sensitivity in vitro. METHODS:For this purpose, in vitro dexamethasone inhibition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion in cultures of peripheral monocytes was compared in 6 untrained...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Duclos M,Minkhar M,Sarrieau A,Bonnemaison D,Manier G,Mormede P

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hyperandrogenism is one of the characteristic features of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Androgens are important for bone mass. Studies on bone mineral density (BMD) and fractures in postmenopausal women with PCOS are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate whether postmenopausal women with P...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Schmidt J,Dahlgren E,Brännström M,Landin-Wilhelmsen K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Parathyroid carcinoma remains difficult to diagnose. Recently, it has been shown that mutations in the HRPT2 gene (encoding parafibromin) are associated with the development of parathyroid carcinoma. Although MEN1 is not typically thought to be involved in carcinoma formation, parathyroid carcinoma may be an ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Haven CJ,van Puijenbroek M,Tan MH,Teh BT,Fleuren GJ,van Wezel T,Morreau H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with profound hypocalcaemia due to uraemia and hypoparathyroidism respectively presented with alterations of mental state as their dominant symptom. 1-Alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (1-alpha-OHD3) was chosen as the principal therapy because of its potency and rapid action. In both patients the plasma calciu...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Gertner JM,Hodsman AB,Neuberger JN

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nonuniformity in suppression of spermatogenesis induced by various hormones or hormone combinations has impeded the development of an effective hormonal male contraceptive. The basis for this heterogeneity in response remained unresolved to date; however, the presence of ethnic differences points to an involv...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Eckardstein SV,Schmidt A,Kamischke A,Simoni M,Gromoll J,Nieschlag E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological response, as measured in the cytochemical bioassay, to the high circulating levels of immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH) in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism type I (PSPI) is affected by the presence of an endogenous inhibitor. This is evidenced by the reduced recovery of the biological acti...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Loveridge N,Fischer JA,Devogelaer JP,Nagant de Deuxchaisnes C

更新日期：1986-05-01 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