Endocrine Abstracts

The data of etiology and clinical characteristics of hypopituitarism in different countries differes. The aim of the study is to investigate etiology and some clinical characteristics of patients with hypopituitarism that were treated in the Clinical center of Vojvodina. The study was conducted as a retrospective study. There were 32 males and 28 female patients. Mean age was 52.2±17.5 years. Data was analized before and after substitution of hypopituitarism. Patients wer...

Several studies have pointed to increased morbidity and mortality in patients with hypopituitarism, particularly from cardiovascular diseases, regardless of the application of the substitution therapy. The aim of this study was to present clinical characteristics and cardiovascular risk of our patients with hypopituitarism during 20 years of follow-up.Methods: Sixty patients with hypopituitarism without patients with acromegaly and Cushing disease were a...

Introduction: Obesity is a global health problem. More than half (54%) of the adult population in Serbia and 58.5% of adult population in the north province, Vojvodina is obese or overweight. Hence, it is urgent to identify environmental factors which may contribute obesity. Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most extensively used chemical in production of food and beverage containers, epoxy resins, polycarbonate plastics and well known endocrine disruptor. The aim of this study ...

Introduction: MTC originates from the parafollicular calcitonin secreting cells. One quarter of MTC patients have familial form of the disease with RET mutation.Case reports: First female patient underwent total thyroidectomy for MTC at the age 40. Further investigation showed elevated urinary catecholamine levels and MIBG scintiscan verified bilateral pheochromocytoma. Bilateral adrenalectomy was performed. On follow-up basal and stimulated calcitonin l...

Background: Phthalates presents widespread endocrine disrupting chemicals in many personal-care and consumer products. A limited number of experimental and human studies suggest that exposure to phthalate may be associated with altered thyroid function, but a problem is not elucidated enough. This study focused to examination of the association between urine phthalate metabolites and thyroid function.Methods: We included 91 healthy person, 47 females and...

Introduction: The coexistence of primary hyperparathyroidism with autoimmune diseases is described very rarely in the literature so far. There are only few cases of immune-mediated hyperparathyroidism, associated with anti-calcium- sensing receptor autoantibodies, frequently in context with other immune diseases. Spontaneous remission of primary hyperparathyroidism in anti-TNF therapy of psoriatic arthritis has also been described in one case. Prevalence of positive antithyroi...

Introduction and aim: Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion via insulin pump is the most efficient way of imitating physiological insulin secretion, and it also provides better management of diabetes, lower rate of hypoglicemic episodes, better quality of life and prevention of long-term complications of diabetes mellitus. Aim of the research was to determine effects of subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy on parameters of glycoregulation during the two years trial.<p ...

Introduction: Bisphosphonates are commonly used in the treatment of osteoporosis. The aim was to determine the effect of bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis on bone mineral density (BMD) depending on the Dolga index.Materials and methods: The study included 36 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. BMD was measured by DXA of the spine and hip before treatment and 2 years after starting bisphosphonate therapy. Parameters of bone turnover: osteocalcin...