Isolated growth hormone deficiency after severe head trauma.

abstract：:The adrenomedullary response to stimuli is often elevated in poorly controlled insulin dependent diabetic patients, and it is controversial whether the adrenomedullary hyperactivity induces the suppression of the circadian rhythm of catecholamines. We have studied the urinary excretion of catecholamines in 11 diabetic...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Del Rio G,Carani C,Baldini A,Marrama P,Della Casa L

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EP1572 UMV1843 [Aib-DTrp-DgTrp-CHO]) is a new peptido-mimetic GH secretagogue (GHS) showing binding potency to the GHS-receptor in animal and human tissues similar to that of ghrelin and peptidyl GHS. EP1572 induces marked GH increase after s.c. administration in neonatal rats. Preliminary data in 2 normal young men s...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Broglio F,Boutignon F,Benso A,Gottero C,Prodam F,Arvat E,Ghè C,Catapano F,Torsello A,Locatelli V,Muccioli G,Boeglin D,Guerlavais V,Fehrentz JA,Martinez J,Ghigo E,Deghenghi R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of bilateral adrenocortical adenomas causing ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome at different periods 9 yr apart. The subject, a 24-yr-old woman, in June 1989 had a typical Cushingoid appearance. Her baseline plasma cortisol levels did not show a diurnal rhythm and she had a very low baseline pla...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Tung SC,Wang PW,Huang TL,Lee WC,Chen WJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that androgen therapy in men may be effectively applied in several conditions to improve well being and health. Classical indications for androgen therapy in males are represented by primary or secondary hypogonadism, delayed puberty, aplastic anemia and that secondary to chronic renal fai...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Gambineri A,Pasquali R

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratoconus is a bilateral non-inflammatory corneal ectasia with an incidence of approximately 1 per 2000 in the general population. The etiology of keratoconus is multifactorial, although not completely understood. Several clinical observations suggest that thyroid gland dysfunction is associated with keratoconus pat...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Gatzioufas Z,Thanos S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signals that determine skeletal cell fate, function and apoptosis are critical to normal bone remodeling. Skeletal cells synthesize growth factors; some regulate cell replication, others regulate osteoblastic differentiation. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) and Wnts induce the differentiation of mesenchymal cells to...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Canalis E,Deregowski V,Pereira RC,Gazzerro E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary metastases account for about 1% of operated pituitary lesions. Most derive from primaries in the breast or lung. Pituitary metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have rarely been reported. We describe a patient in whom headache and left external ophthalmoplegia were the only presenting signs of a cli...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Hirsch D,Benbassat CA,Drozd T,Okon E,Blum I

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors determine a wide reduction of LDL cholesterol, greater than other lipid-lowering agents. The present meta-analysis is aimed at the assessment of PCSK9 inhibitors effect on LDL Cholesterol, cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortali...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Dicembrini I,Giannini S,Ragghianti B,Mannucci E,Monami M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association of depression, anxiety, and stress with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Bahrain, an island-country with a very high prevalence of T2DM. This was a cross-sectional study involving administering Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)-21 structured depression, anxiety, and stress scale to 1...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Almawi W,Tamim H,Al-Sayed N,Arekat MR,Al-Khateeb GM,Baqer A,Tutanji H,Kamel C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The determination of (a) iodine deficiency, and (b) the relation between the iodized salt consumption in the Isparta province of Turkey. METHODS:Five hundred students between 6-11 yr of age were evaluated. With a questionnaire, the subjects were asked whether they were using iodine-containing salt or not. Af...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Cetin H,Kisioglu AN,Gursoy A,Bilaloglu E,Ayata A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbenoxolone is a derivative of glycyrrhetinic acid used for the treatment of peptic ulcer and gastritis, with salt and water retention a very common side-effect. To investigate this drug-induced pseudohyperaldosteronism we have studied 6 male volunteers before, during and after treatment with carbenoxolone for 7 day...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Armanini D,Scali M,Zennaro MC,Karbowiak I,Wallace C,Lewicka S,Vecsei P,Mantero F

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The coexistence of insulin and ACTH hypersecretion in the same patient is extremely rare. A diabetic patient with a pancreatic endocrine tumor (PET) co-secreting insulin and ACTH is even rarer and has never been described. The combination of these two endocrine syndromes results in a peculiar clinical pictur...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Filippella M,Davì MV,Doveri G,Lillaz E,Ciccarelli A,Massimetti E,Toaiari M,Falconi M,Colao A,Faggiano A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differently from other metabolic conditions, most of calcium metabolism disorders are diagnosed through simple detection of both serum and urinary excretion (24-h urine collection), levels of calcium, total and ionized form, and phosphate, and of calciotropic hormone serum levels, such as calcitonin, PTH and vitamin D...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Cioppi F,Falchetti A,Masi L,Brandi ML

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growth hormone resistance defines several genetic (primary) and acquired (secondary) pathologies that result in completely or partially interrupted activity of growth hormone. An archetypal disease of this group is the Laron-type dwarfism caused by mutations in growth hormone receptors. The diagnosis is ba...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Kurtoğlu S,Hatipoglu N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations of the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) and/or Gαs gene have been found in a number of, but not all, autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs). Recently, in a 15-year-old girl with a hyperfunctioning papillary thyroid carcinoma, we found two somatic and germline single nucleotide polymorphisms (S...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Vicchio TM,Giovinazzo S,Certo R,Cucinotta M,Micali C,Baldari S,Benvenga S,Trimarchi F,Campennì A,Ruggeri RM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) might be involved in the increase of the circulating levels of placental-derived CRH leading to the initiation of pre-term labor. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight primigravidae with a singleton viable pregnancy between ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Vitoratos N,Mastorakos G,Kountouris A,Papadias K,Creatsas G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade has witnessed an upsurge of interest in the research on facial attractiveness. The development of computer graphics has allowed to objectively investigate the conserved features of attractive faces. Averageness, symmetry and sex-specific traits have been associated with attractiveness. The effect of av...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Cellerino A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin has been found in the pineal gland of several animal species, which suggests that it may be involved in the regulation of melatonin secretion. Whether somatostatin has regulatory influence on melatonin secretion in man has never been unequivocally shown. We studied the nocturnal melatonin secretion in 8 h...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Wikner J,Wetterberg L,Röjdmark S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of acromegaly treatment is to control the disease by suppressing GH hyperactivity and reducing the size or impeding the growth of the pituitary GH secreting mass. Over recent years, many studies have emphasized the role of SS analogs in the treatment of acromegaly. In fact, SS analogs have been demonstrated to...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Gola M,Bonadonna S,Mazziotti G,Amato G,Giustina A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intravenous injection of calcium gluconate (0.11 mM/kg body weight) into conscious thyroidectomized pigs elicits a 30% rise in both ionized and total calcium concentrations of plasma, which return to basal levels within 180 min. The administration of calcitonin (2.5-10 MRC U/kg body weight) reduces this time to 30...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Jaros GG,Van Hoorn-Hickman R,Maier H,Newman E

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-seven (35.6%) of 160 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma had lymph node metastases at the primary treatment. Children and adolescents were most frequently affected (69.2%), followed by the age group of 21-40-year olds (38.8%). Those older than 40 had the lowest incidence of lymph node metastases (29.6%; p ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Ahuja S,Ernst H,Lenz K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid syndrome (AME) results from defective 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 (11beta-HSD2). This enzyme is co-expressed with the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in the kidney and converts cortisol to its inactive metabolite cortisone. Its deficiency allows the unmetabolized co...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Palermo M,Delitala G,Sorba G,Cossu M,Satta R,Tedde R,Pala A,Shackleton CH

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In obese subjects it has been shown that cortisol (F) contributes to the reduction in insulin sensitivity, suggesting a role in the development of the metabolic syndrome (MS). AIM:The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the relationship between F and components of MS in 1,027 obese children and ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Guzzetti C,Pilia S,Ibba A,Loche S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a brief case report on a four-month-old girl who was admitted for failure to thrive and moderate dehydration. On admission she was mildly dehydrated and undernourished but with otherwise normal physical findings. Laboratory investigation disclosed mild but constant hyponatremia and hyperkalemia, very high plas...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Mardesić D,Sarnavka V,Dumić M,Stipić V

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcitonin (CT) concentration has been determined in the serum of 17 patients with different pituitary diseases. More or less elevated levels were found in 7 of them. No definite correlation has been observed between the immunoreactive CT and the different pituitary hormones. ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Ziliotto D,Luisetto G,Cecchini M,Gastaldo M,Francia G,Padovan L,Heynen G

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the long-term effectiveness and safety of the recombinant human growth hormone Omnitrope®, a somatropin biosimilar to Genotropin®, in Italian patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) enrolled in the PATRO Adults study. METHODS:The PATRO Adults study is an ongoing observational, longitudinal, non...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Ferone D,Profka E,Gasco V,Ambrosio MR,Colao A,Di Somma C,Puxeddu E,Arnaldi G,Pagano C,Zecchi E,Pietropoli A,Beck-Peccoz P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of radioiodine therapy of Graves' hyperthyroidism was retrospectively evaluated in 274 consecutive patients treated from 1975 to 1984. At 1-yr follow-up, permanent hypothyroidism occurred in 36.9% of patients and the cumulative incidence of hypothyroidism progressively increased up to 79.3% after 7-10 yr. ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Marcocci C,Gianchecchi D,Masini I,Golia F,Ceccarelli C,Bracci E,Fenzi GF,Pinchera A

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to assess the behaviour of insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance (IR) indexes in a group of obese adolescents with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in comparison to obese adolescents without diabetes and normal controls, moreover to compare these parameters with the cardiac auto...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Cerutti F,Rabbia F,Rabbone I,Bobbio A,Ignaccolo MG,Greco G,Bertello MC,Mulatero P,Veglio F,Pacini G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We summarized the clinical course of 10 patients with silent thyroiditis and evaluated the clinical usefulness of ultrasonography, in combination with clinical and laboratory findings, for the differentiation from Graves' disease. Serum T3 and T4 were increased in all cases, and the ratio of T3/T4 (ng/micrograms) was ...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Miyakawa M,Tsushima T,Onoda N,Etoh M,Isozaki O,Arai M,Shizume K,Demura H

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated ACTH and cortisol responses after ovine CRF injection (1 microgram/kg one bolus) in a group of 11 drug-free patients suffering from major depression. When compared to sex- and age-matched normal controls, our depressed patients showed: Higher ACTH basal values (p less than 0.002); higher cortisol basal...

journal_title：Journal of endocrinological investigation

authors： Nerozzi D,Bersani G,Melia E,Magnani A,Antonozzi I,Frajese G

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00