Evaluation of health-related quality of life in patients with Cushing's syndrome with a new questionnaire.

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) have an increased fracture risk despite a normal or elevated bone mineral density (BMD). The aim of this cross-sectional in vivo study was to assess parameters of peripheral bone microarchitecture, estimated bone strength and bone remodeling in T2D patie...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Shanbhogue VV,Hansen S,Frost M,Jørgensen NR,Hermann AP,Henriksen JE,Brixen K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few published data link overweight and obesity with measures of quality of life (QoL) including sexual health in men. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of overweight/obesity with impairment of physical and psychological QoL and sexual functions in men. DESIGN AND SETTING:Cross-sectional, multicentre surv...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Han TS,Tajar A,O'Neill TW,Jiang M,Bartfai G,Boonen S,Casanueva F,Finn JD,Forti G,Giwercman A,Huhtaniemi IT,Kula K,Pendleton N,Punab M,Silman AJ,Vanderschueren D,Lean ME,Wu FC,EMAS group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of GnRH and its receptor as a part of an autocrine regulatory system of cell proliferation has been demonstrated in a number of human malignant tumors, including cancers of the breast, ovary and endometrium. Dose-dependent antiproliferative effects of GnRH agonists in cell lines derived from these cance...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Gründker C,Günthert AR,Westphalen S,Emons G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that normal and mildly elevated luteinizing hormone (LH) levels induce increased activity of ovarian 17-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase, the cytochrome P450cl7alpha (P450) enzymes. This leads to increased ovarian 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) and androstenedione production. In contrast, it has been...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Rieu M,Mourrieras F,Riveline JP,Laplanche S,Both D,Kuhn JM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between resistin (a potential link between obesity and type 2 diabetes) and preadipocyte differentiation. DESIGN:A rat resistin expression vector was transfected into 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and differentiation was compared between normal 3T3-L1 cells, rat resistin-transfected ce...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Gong H,Ni Y,Guo X,Fei L,Pan X,Guo M,Chen R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the absence of widely available measures of determining free and/or bioavailable testosterone (BioT) physicians may use formulae such as the free androgen index (FAI) to estimate free testosterone. We compared the efficacy of calculated markers of androgen status in predicting serum BioT and hypogonadism. ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Morris PD,Malkin CJ,Channer KS,Jones TH

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of fluid homeostasis during periods of heightened physical stress can be best evaluated in humans using exercise as a model. Although it is well established that arginine vasopressin (AVP), aldosterone and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) are the principle hormones regulating fluid balance at rest, the pot...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Hew-Butler T,Noakes TD,Soldin SJ,Verbalis JG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients with adult-onset GH deficiency (mean age, 49 years) were enrolled in a placebo-controlled, crossover study to investigate the effects of GH therapy on exercise capacity, body composition, and quality of life (QOL). GH and placebo were administered for 9 months each, separated by a 4-month washout p...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Bollerslev J,Hallén J,Fougner KJ,Jørgensen AP,Kristo C,Fagertun H,Gudmundsen O,Burman P,Schreiner T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two highly specific markers for bone resorption-pyridinium cross-links (pyridinoline (PYR) and deoxypyridinoline (DPR)) in urine and carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) in serum-in 63 healthy postmenopausal women and 63 women with osteoporosis characterized by more bone resorption than b...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Välimäki MJ,Tähtelä R,Jones JD,Peterson JM,Riggs BL

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, it has been well documented that combined hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). The third-generation pill use (desogestrel or gestodene (GSD)) is associated with an increased VTE risk as compared with second-generation (levonorgestrel) pill use. Other progestins suc...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Hugon-Rodin J,Gompel A,Plu-Bureau G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone loss due to menopause, natural or artificial, has been attributed solely to low estrogen. However, in a woman's life, the most precipitous bone loss begins 2 years prior to the last menstrual period, during which time estrogen levels are unperturbed whereas FSH is elevated. Our cell-based and mouse genetic studie...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Iqbal J,Sun L,Zaidi M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery that functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) persists in adult humans has enkindled a renaissance in metabolic research, with a view of harnessing its thermogenic capacity to combat obesity. This review focuses on the advances in the regulation and the metabolic significance of BAT in humans. BAT ac...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Thuzar M,Ho KK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), like the other pituitary glycoprotein hormones, is produced and secreted as a mixture of isoforms, the majority of which represent differences in oligosaccharide structure and possess different bioactivity. When samples are quantified simultaneously by immunometric assay and bioassay...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Beck-Peccoz P,Persani L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Both acromegaly and adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD) are associated with increased fracture risk. Sufficient data are lacking regarding cortical bone microarchitecture and bone strength, as assessed by microfinite element analysis (µFEA). OBJECTIVE:To elucidate both cortical and trabecular bone microarchi...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Silva PPB,Amlashi FG,Yu EW,Pulaski-Liebert KJ,Gerweck AV,Fazeli PK,Lawson E,Nachtigall LB,Biller BMK,Miller KK,Klibanski A,Bouxsein M,Tritos NA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of long-term GH in GH-deficient adults, as predicted by IGF-I levels. METHODS:Patients received GH, 5 microg/kg per day for 1 Month and 10 microg/kg per day for another 12-30 Months. Changes in body composition, cardiac structure/function, serum lipids and quality of life were meas...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Ezzat S,Fear S,Gaillard RC,Gayle C,Marcovitz S,Mattioni T,Nussey S,Rees A,Svanberg E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hormone treatment is an important part of gender reassignment therapy in gender dysphoria. Previous data about efficacy and safety are commonly based on small cohorts or they comprise former cohorts under meanwhile obsolet therapy regimes. Our objective was to investigate these topics in a large cohort of ind...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Meyer G,Mayer M,Mondorf A,Fluegel AK,Herrmann E,Bojunga J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It is widely known that inflammation is related to type 2 diabetes (T2D), but few studies have shown a direct relationship between the immune system and T2D using a reliable biomarker. Neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an easy-to-analyze inflammation biomarker, but few studies have assessed the relationship betw...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Guo X,Zhang S,Zhang Q,Liu L,Wu H,Du H,Shi H,Wang C,Xia Y,Liu X,Li C,Sun S,Wang X,Zhou M,Huang G,Jia Q,Zhao H,Song K,Niu K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperprolactinemia has been reported to be associated with abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of hyperprolactinemia and bromocriptine (Brc) treatment on endothelial function, insulin sensitivity and inflammatory markers in pre-menopausal women. METHOD...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Yavuz D,Deyneli O,Akpinar I,Yildiz E,Gözü H,Sezgin O,Haklar G,Akalin S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with craniopharyngioma (CP) have disturbances of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis and serious comorbidities such as obesity. We hypothesized that the secretion of hormones regulating the nutritional status is altered in adult patients with CP compared with patients with non-functioning pituitary ad...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Roemmler-Zehrer J,Geigenberger V,Störmann S,Losa M,Crippa V,Otto B,Bidlingmaier M,Dimopoulou C,Stalla GK,Schopohl J

更新日期：2014-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with active acromegaly despite previous surgery were treated with 30 mg lanreotide im twice a month for 9 months. In 10 subjects the treatment continued to 19 months. GH serum levels of all patients decreased significantly from an initial value of 32.0 (29.4) micrograms/l [median (standard error of m...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Marek J,Hána V,Krsek M,Justová V,Catus F,Thomas F

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 15 million babies are born preterm across the world every year, with less than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Survival rates increased during the last decades with the improvement of neonatal care. With premature birth, babies are deprived of the intense intrauterine growth phase, and postnatal growth ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Boguszewski MCDS,Cardoso-Demartini AA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Slow-release (SR) lanreotide is a long-acting somatostatin analog that has been developed in order to overcome the inconvenience of multiple daily subcutaneous injections of octreotide, required for metabolic control in acromegaly. Lanreotide SR has been found to be well tolerated and effective in reducing GH...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Verhelst JA,Pedroncelli AM,Abs R,Montini M,Vandeweghe MV,Albani G,Maiter D,Pagani MD,Legros JJ,Gianola D,Bex M,Poppe K,Mockel J,Pagani G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puberty is the result of increasing pulsatile secretion of the hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), which stimulates the release of gonadotropins and in turn gonadal activity. In general in females, development of secondary sex characteristics due to the activity of the gonadal axis, i.e., the growth of...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Delemarre EM,Felius B,Delemarre-van de Waal HA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined the hypothesis that high FGF-23 levels early after transplantation contribute to the onset of hypophosphatemia, independently of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and other factors regulating phosphate metabolism. METHODS:We measured serum phosphate levels (sPi), renal tubular reabsorption of Pi (TmPi/G...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Trombetti A,Richert L,Hadaya K,Graf JD,Herrmann FR,Ferrari SL,Martin PY,Rizzoli R

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four groups(N = 3 per group) of juvenile rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta, 14-20 months old) received either vehicle or highly purified human follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH; 10 IU kg-1 day-1), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG; 250 IU every alternate day) or both hormones for a period of 4 weeks. Testicular volume an...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Schlatt S,Arslan M,Weinbauer GF,Behre HM,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:GH causes insulin resistance, impairs glycemic control and increases the risk of vascular diabetic complications. Sulphonylureas stimulate GH secretion and this study was undertaken to investigate the possible stimulatory effect of repaglinide and nateglinide, two novel oral glucose regulators, on critical st...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Gromada J,Bokvist K,Høy M,Olsen HL,Lindström P,Hansen BS,Gotfredsen CF,Rorsman P,Thomsen MK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Flushing can be defined as a sensation of warmth accompanied by erythema that most commonly is seen on the face and which occurs in episodic attacks. Such a problem can be clinically problematic, since many conditions and drugs can be related to flushing, and while often there appears to be no underlying orga...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Huguet I,Grossman A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review was to examine the evidence for age-related changes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in both physiological and pathological aging, on the basis of the many data in the literature, as well as of our personal findings. A statistically significant circadian rhythmicity of serum cort...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Ferrari E,Cravello L,Muzzoni B,Casarotti D,Paltro M,Solerte SB,Fioravanti M,Cuzzoni G,Pontiggia B,Magri F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine local actions of nitric oxide (NO) on the neural mechanisms controlling the release of vasopressin (AVP) and the cardiovascular system in the anteroventral third ventricular region (AV3V), a pivotal area for autonomic functions, and to pursue the problem of whether it may have any role in the AVP a...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Yamaguchi K,Watanabe K,Yamaya K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals carrying a heterozygous inactivating PAX8 mutation are affected by congenital hypothyroidism (CH), although heterozygous Pax8 knockout mice are not. It has remained unclear whether CH in PAX8 mutation carriers is caused by haploinsufficiency or a dominant negative mechanism. OBJECTIVE:To report ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Narumi S,Araki S,Hori N,Muroya K,Yamamoto Y,Asakura Y,Adachi M,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00