Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms are associated with estradiol levels in postmenopausal women.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phytosterolaemia (sitosterolaemia) is a rare autosomal recessive condition caused by mutations on the ABCG5 and ABCG8 gut transporter proteins. This leads to accumulation of plant-derived cholesterol-like molecules in blood and tissues. CASE:We describe a family of Bangladesh origin, where three siblings (t...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Mushtaq T,Wales JK,Wright NP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience in treating growth delay in boys with isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) receiving biosynthetic human growth hormone. The study was performed in 15 boys with IGHD receiving GH. At the chronological age of 13.1 (1.1) years (SD), 13 were prepubertal, two were in early puberty and there wa...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Albanese A,Stanhope R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate which tests are performed to diagnose hypercortisolism in patients included in the European Registry on Cushing's syndrome (ERCUSYN), and to examine if their use differs from the current guidelines. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed data on the diagnostic tests performed in 1341 patients with Cush...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Valassi E,Franz H,Brue T,Feelders RA,Netea-Maier R,Tsagarakis S,Webb SM,Yaneva M,Reincke M,Droste M,Komerdus I,Maiter D,Kastelan D,Chanson P,Pfeifer M,Strasburger CJ,Tóth M,Chabre O,Tabarin A,Krsek M,Fajardo C,B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common form of secondary hypertension, while Gitelman's syndrome (GS) is the most common inherited renal tubular disease. However, coexistence of these two diseases has never been previously reported. AIM AND SUBJECTS: The aim of our study was to describe the associatio...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Miao Z,Gao Y,Bindels RJ,Yu W,Lang Y,Chen N,Ren H,Sun F,Li Y,Wang X,Shao L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In genetically predisposed individuals, exogenous factors (including pollution) influence the development of Hashimoto's thyroiditis/chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT). CLT may also be a risk factor for associated thyroid cancer. Few data are available on the role of pollution from petrochemical complex...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Arena S,Latina A,Baratta R,Burgio G,Gullo D,Benvenga S

更新日期：2015-04-01 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:Free fatty acids (FFAs) deplete the intracellular insulin stores of pancreatic beta-cells. It has been suggested that this results from a lipotoxic dysregulation of both insulin secretion and insulin synthesis. In the present study, this hypothesis was tested within a 12-h time-course by directly relating the...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Bollheimer LC,Kemptner DM,Kagerbauer SM,Kestler TM,Wrede CE,Buettner R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Our previous studies showed that administration of dexamethasone plus food increased serum leptin levels 100% more than dexamethasone alone. We hypothesized that this increase in leptin from the meal could result directly from the provision of fuel metabolites rather than from the meal-induced rise in in...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Garcia-Lorda P,Nash W,Roche A,Pi-Sunyer FX,Laferrere B

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic predictors of outcome are reviewed in the context of a disease--cancer--that can be (too) simplistically described as a 'successful, invasive clone of our own tissues'. Context has many faces that determine a thyroid cancer patient's outcome beyond the influence of genetic markers. There is also plenty of evid...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Tavares C,Melo M,Cameselle-Teijeiro JM,Soares P,Sobrinho-Simões M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment of acromegaly with pegvisomant (PEGV), a growth hormone receptor antagonist, requires an appropriate dose titration. PEGV doses vary widely among individual patients, and various covariates may affect its dosing and pharmacokinetics. OBJECTIVE:To identify predictors of the PEGV dose requ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Franck SE,Korevaar TIM,Petrossians P,Daly AF,Chanson P,Jaffrain-Réa ML,Brue T,Stalla GK,Carvalho D,Colao A,Hána V,Delemer B,Fajardo C,van der Lely AJ,Beckers A,Neggers SJCMM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human appetite is stimulated by alcohol but the underlying mechanism is unknown. It is possible that hunger-stimulating hormones are mediators of this effect of alcohol. Ghrelin stimulates hunger, but how alcohol affects human ghrelin secretion has never been studied before. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Calissendorff J,Danielsson O,Brismar K,Röjdmark S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) occurs sporadically in 75% of patients. Metastatic disease is associated with significantly poorer survival. The aim of this study was to identify prognostic markers for progressive MTC and oncogenic factors associated with response to vandetanib therapy. DESIGN AND METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Tiedje V,Ting S,Walter RF,Herold T,Worm K,Badziong J,Zwanziger D,Schmid KW,Führer D

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:The association of hyperparathyroidism (HPT) with thyroid disease has long been known, but the mechanisms underlying such an association have not yet been clarified. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the main factors determining this combination of endocrine diseases, in a retrospective multicenter study. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： dell'Erba L,Baldari S,Borsato N,Bruno G,Calò-Gabrieli G,Carletto M,Ciampolillo A,Dondi M,Erba P,Gerundini P,Lastoria S,Marinelli P,Santoro M,Scarano B,Zagni P,Bagnasco M,Mariani G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital generalized lipoatrophy (CGL) is a syndrome with multiple clinical manifestations and complete atrophy of adipose tissue. The exact mechanism of this disease remains unknown. One hypothesis presupposes an abnormal development of adipocytes. Leptin, the adipocyte-specific product of the ob gene, acts as a re...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Jaquet D,Khallouf E,Lévy-Marchal C,Czernichow P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is the most frequent cause of secondary osteoporosis. Nevertheless, limited data are available on bone status in patients with endogenous cortisol excess. This study is aimed at investigating the role of sex steroids and severity of hypercortisolism on bone mineral density ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Tauchmanovà L,Pivonello R,De Martino MC,Rusciano A,De Leo M,Ruosi C,Mainolfi C,Lombardi G,Salvatore M,Colao A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In female adrenal insufficiency, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) secretion is impaired and circulating androgen levels are severely reduced. We wanted to analyse the acute effects of physiological DHEA substitution on substrate metabolism. DESIGN:We studied nine females with adrenal insufficiency after 9 days ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Christiansen JJ,Gravholt CH,Fisker S,Møller N,Andersen M,Svenstrup B,Bennett P,Ivarsen P,Christiansen JS,Jørgensen JO

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with adrenal insufficiency need lifelong glucocorticoid replacement, but many suffer from poor quality of life, and overall there is increased mortality. Moreover, it appears that use of glucocorticoids at the higher end of the replacement dose range is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular and me...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Debono M,Ross RJ,Newell-Price J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:17α-Hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency (17OHD) caused by a mutation in the CYP17A1 gene is characterized by hypertension, hypokalemia, and abnormal development of the genitalia. The majority of CYP17A1 mutations are located in the coding sequence, and several intronic splicing site mutations have been report...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Qiao J,Han B,Liu BL,Liu W,Wu JJ,Pan CM,Jiang H,Gu T,Jiang BR,Zhu H,Lu YL,Wu WL,Chen MD,Song HD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimates of the prevalence of hypothyroidism in unselected populations date from the late 1990s. We present an update on the prevalence and incidence of overt hypothyroidism in Piedmont, northwest Italy and examine the association between hypothyroidism and multiple chronic comorbidities. DESIGN AND METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Giorda CB,Carnà P,Romeo F,Costa G,Tartaglino B,Gnavi R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:According to the 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines, thyroid ablation by iodine-131 (I-131) therapy is absolutely recommended only in patients with high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Often distant metastases are not recognized early and they can stay silent for long time. The aim o...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Albano D,Bertagna F,Bonacina M,Durmo R,Cerudelli E,Gazzilli M,Panarotto MB,Formenti AM,Mazziotti G,Giustina A,Giubbini R

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a preliminary cross-sectional study, we discovered that DNA topoisomerase II autoantibodies (anti-TopII) were detected in 49.2% of 195 Chinese type 1 diabetes mellitus (type 1 DM) patients with a mean age of 14.5 years and a mean duration of disease of 4.6 years. In order to demonstrate the relationship be...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Shiau MY,Tsai ST,Hwang J,Wu CY,Chang YH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II) by radioimmunoassay in 107 healthy women aged 28-78 years and in 116 women with established osteoporosis. The women with established osteoporosis were randomized to a 1-year double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment with conti...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Ravn P,Overgaard K,Spencer EM,Christiansen C

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) exerts various effects on many cell types. Acute administration of TNF-alpha to rats decrease hepatic 5'-deiodinase activity (5'D-I) and TNF-alpha has been implicated in the pathogenesis of the low triiodothyronine syndrome in non-thyroidal illness in humans. The thyroid, liver ...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Ongphiphadhanakul B,Fang SL,Tang KT,Patwardhan NA,Braverman LE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, the relationship between FGF23 and cardiovascular disease has not been well characterized in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine whether serum FGF23 is independently assoc...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Dalal M,Sun K,Cappola AR,Ferrucci L,Crasto C,Fried LP,Semba RD

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ki-67 labeling index (LI) is currently regarded as a useful prognostic marker of pituitary adenoma (PA) clinical behavior, although its relevance as a reliable clinical indicator is far from being universally accepted, since both validations and criticisms are found in the literature. Minichromosome maintena...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Coli A,Asa SL,Fadda G,Scannone D,Chiloiro S,De Marinis L,Lauretti L,Ranelletti FO,Lauriola L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess changes in the cross-sectional area (CSA) of nervus medianus by ultrasound in newly diagnosed primary hypothyroid patients after thyroxine replacement treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The cohort comprised 30 patients with newly diagnosed primary autoimmune hypothyroidi...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Holováčová D,Kužma M,Killinger Z,Payer J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Ghrelin is an orexigenic 28-amino acid peptide produced by the stomach. Circulating ghrelin levels rise shortly before and fall shortly after every meal. Peptide YY (PYY), an anorexigenic 36-amino acid peptide, is secreted primarily from the intestinal mucosa of the ileum and large intestine. Plasma...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Bizzarri C,Rigamonti AE,Luce A,Cappa M,Cella SG,Berini J,Sartorio A,Müller EE,Salvatoni A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) are commonly encountered in type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, all of which share exaggerated postprandial lipemia as a common proatherogenic feature. How FGF21 responds to an oral fat load in man is unknown...

journal_title：European journal of endocrinology

authors： Matikainen N,Taskinen MR,Stennabb S,Lundbom N,Hakkarainen A,Vaaralahti K,Raivio T

更新日期：2012-03-01 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