Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To study the carbohydrate metabolism in patients with Itsenko-Kushing’s disease (IKD) and Itsenko-Kushing’s syndrome (IKS).Materials and Methods: 23 patients with hypercorticism were investigated. From which in 8 patients IKD was diagnosed, and in 15 – IKS. In patients with IKD the amount of cortizol was at 8.00 – 273.3±56.8 ng/ml (N- 50–250 ng/ml); 20.00 – 343.3±43.8 ng/ml (N- 50–250 ng/ml); the value of...

Background: The ultrasound investigation in combination with fine-needle aspiration biopsy is one of the precise methods of the diagnostic of the thyroid nodular formations.Aim: To assess the possibilities of the diagnostic methods in case of the euthyroid nodular formations of the thyroid.Materials and methods: 220 patients with nodular euthyroid formations of the thyroid were investigated, from which: 189 were women and 31 –...

Background: The aim of our study was to assess the effectiveness of α-lipoic acid for the reducing the risk of developing peripheral diabetic neuropathy.Subjects and methods: We have studied 38 patients with type I and II diabetes, from age 28 to 35. The mean duration of disease was 9 years. Patients were divided in two groups. In group I were included 15 patients which got α-lipoic acid in order to prevent peripheral diabetic neuropathy in dos...