A CTLA-4 gene polymorphism is associated with both Graves disease and autoimmune hypothyroidism.

abstract：:It is believed that the study of gonadal function of the child should be regarded as a whole, beginning with the fetus and ending with the adolescent. Gonadal function depends upon 3 levels of activities: 1) central level (extra-hypothalamic, hypothalamic, and anterior pituitary); 2) an intermediate level (gonadal a...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Forest MG,De Peretti E,Bertrand J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty women, who had been randomly selected from women with subclinical hypothyroidism identified in a population study were treated with L-thyroxine and placebo in a double-blind cross-over design during 2 x 6 months. Three women did not complete the study, one because she moved to another part of the country, and t...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nyström E,Caidahl K,Fager G,Wikkelsö C,Lundberg PA,Lindstedt G

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of LH, FSH, oestradiol 17 beta and testosterone were measured in twenty-two men with gynaecomastia. The group was divided by age into those under and those over 50-years-old and the mean hormone levels of the two groups were compared with two groups of age-matched normal men. In the young men with gynaec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： McFadyen IJ,Bolton AE,Cameron EH,Hunter WM,Raab G,Forrest AP

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. There has been a significant increase in its incidence over the past two decades attributable mainly to the use of more sensitive diagnostic modalities. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology is the mainstay of diagno...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Nixon AM,Provatopoulou X,Kalogera E,Zografos GN,Gounaris A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autonomous cortisol secretion of adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) is associated with poor cardiovascular outcome. Because centripetal obesity is a cardiovascular risk factor, we aimed to investigate whether autonomous cortisol secretion is associated with increased visceral fat accumulation. DESIGN:Retrospective...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Yener S,Baris M,Peker A,Demir O,Ozgen B,Secil M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We wished to assess the changes in serum IGF-I and IGF-II concentrations during gonadotrophin treatment alone or with additional GH treatment and to compare follicular fluid IGF-I and IGF-II concentrations in the two treatment groups. DESIGN:We performed an open study of co-treatment with GH and subsequently...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Owen EJ,Torresani T,West C,Mason BA,Jacobs HS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study the relationship between growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Case-control study of critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit was carried out. PATIENTS:Six critically ill patients (51-78 years) who required ven...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Ross R,Miell J,Freeman E,Jones J,Matthews D,Preece M,Buchanan C

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The standard ACTH test in clinical use employs a pharmacological dose of ACTH which assesses the maximum secretory capacity of the adrenal cortex. We have investigated the responses of plasma adrenocortical steroids including cortisol, aldosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) to physiological doses of AC...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Daidoh H,Morita H,Mune T,Murayama M,Hanafusa J,Ni H,Shibata H,Yasuda K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgery of bone metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma seems indicated in individual patients. This study was performed (1) to analyse retrospectively patients with bone metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma and (2) to evaluate the impact of surgery of bone metastases on survival. PATIEN...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Zettinig G,Fueger BJ,Passler C,Kaserer K,Pirich C,Dudczak R,Niederle B

更新日期：2002-03-01 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:We have evaluated the efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection as an alternative to surgery and iodine-131 treatment in solitary autonomous thyroid adenoma. DESIGN:Percutaneous ethanol injection (0.5-2.8 ml ethanol/ml nodular tissue) was performed under sonographic guidance in 3-5 (1-2 weekly) sessions; a ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Monzani F,Goletti O,Caraccio N,Del Guerra P,Ferdeghini M,Pucci E,Baschieri L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of surgical stress on the secretions of LH, FSH, testosterone (T) and oestradiol (E2) were studied in twelve male patients. During surgery LH rose significantly; post-operatively, LH fell but remained persistently elevated a week after operation. However, T and E2 fell progressively to a nadir on the second...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Wang C,Chan V,Yeung RT

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iodide organification defects are frequently but not always associated with mutations in the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene and characterized by a positive perchlorate discharge test. These mutations phenotypically produce a congenital goitrous hypothyroidism, with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rivolta CM,Louis-Tisserand M,Varela V,Gruñeiro-Papendieck L,Chiesa A,González-Sarmiento R,Targovnik HM

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:We have demonstrated previously that obesity in men was significantly associated with low plasma testosterone levels and higher concentrations of the androgen metabolite androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol glucuronide, suggesting that androgen metabolism and elimination is increased in this condition. The objec...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Tchernof A,Lévesque E,Beaulieu M,Couture P,Després JP,Hum DW,Bélanger A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It has previously been shown that patients with postpartum pituitary necrosis (Sheehan's syndrome, SS) have paradoxically increased TSH levels and loss of the nocturnal TSH surge. This study sought to determine the circadian and pulsatile characteristics of TSH secretion underlying those abnormalities. DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： MacCagnan P,Oliveira JH,Castro V,Abucham J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated interindividual differences in the shape, slope and setpoint of the pituitary-thyroid axis (PTA) in normal persons. Based on these physiological data we propose a novel bivariate concept for the interpretation of thyroid function tests which is less biased by interindividual differences in the...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Meier CA,Maisey MN,Lowry A,Müller J,Smith MA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document current practices in the approach to low testosterone in older men. Given that recommendations are based on low-level evidence, we hypothesized that there would be a wide variability in clinical practice patterns. DESIGN:Members of all major endocrine and andrological societies were invited to pa...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Grossmann M,Anawalt BD,Wu FC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transdermal oestradiol, 100 micrograms/d, was used to treat 11 women suffering from postmenopausal symptoms. After 3 weeks therapy there was a significant rise in the plasma oestradiol into the premenopausal range and a significant fall in plasma FSH level and symptom score. Bone resorption, assessed by urinary excret...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Selby PL,Peacock M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate whether pyridostigmine, a cholinesterase inhibitor which is thought to act at the hypothalamus to inhibit somatostatin secretion, would augment spontaneous or GHRH-stimulated serum GH levels in patients with GH-insufficiency. DESIGN Oral pyridostigmine 60 mg or placebo...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kirk JM,Ross RJ,Trainer PJ,Froud AL,Davies SC,Savage MO,Besser GM

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genotype and phenotype heterogeneity in patients with GH insensitivity syndrome suggests that partial defects exist in the GH receptor. Children with partial GH resistance would be expected to have short stature, elevated GH levels and relatively low levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3. Provocation tests of the GH-IG...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cotterill AM,Camacho-Hübner C,Duquesnoy P,Savage MO

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The best method for determining hydrocortisone replacement therapy is not well defined. This study aimed to assess interindividual variability in cortisol pharmacokinetics and to investigate whether measurement of salivary cortisol provides a useful alternative to plasma concentration measurements. DESIGN:In...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Thomson AH,Devers MC,Wallace AM,Grant D,Campbell K,Freel M,Connell JM

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：CONTEXT:Hypoparathyroidism is characterized by hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia, and low or inappropriately normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Idiopathic or genetic drivers are the predominant causes of hypoparathyroidism in paediatric-age patients. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the aetiology and clinical c...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Kim JH,Shin YL,Yang S,Cheon CK,Cho JH,Lee BH,Kim GH,Lee JO,Seo EJ,Choi JH,Yoo HW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) has been associated with a number of thyroid disorders and has been proposed as an indicator of iodine deficiency in a population. However, few studies have addressed the epidemiology of Tg in a population-based setting or in the context of exposure to radioactive iodine-131 (I-131). ...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Cahoon EK,Rozhko A,Hatch M,Polyanskaya O,Ostroumova E,Tang M,Nadirov E,Yauseyenka V,Savasteeva I,McConnell RJ,Pfeiffer RM,Brenner AV

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an 8-year follow-up of three sisters born of a consanguineous marriage and who originally presented with short stature and enlarged pituitary fossa. All have shown progressive failure of anterior pituitary hormone function. In addition, the two eldest sisters were eventually found to have an empty sella whil...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： White MC,Chahal P,Banks L,Joplin GF

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Obesity is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, and surgical treatment of obese patients as part of a multidisciplinary approach seems to provide faster results than diet therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dermolipectomy on insulin action and inflammatory markers in 20 obe...

journal_title：Clinical endocrinology

authors： Rizzo MR,Paolisso G,Grella R,Barbieri M,Grella E,Ragno E,Grella R,Nicoletti G,D'Andrea F

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00