Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dyslipidemia (DL) in diabetic patients is frequently undertreated. Even when cLDL targets have not been met, treatment remains unchanged despite the availability of alternatives approaches. This is known as therapeutic inertia (TI).The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of TI in lipid management among diabetic patients and to analyse associated factors and possible causes.Material and Methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional st...

Neoplastic thyroid diseases (multinodular goiter (MNG), follicular adenoma, differentiated (DTC) and undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma) have a higher incidence in women than in men. In fact, in the last ten years, DTC is the only cancer increasing the frequency in women, with an incidence similar to ovarian carcinoma or lymphomas.TGFb is a secreted factor important in the normal function of the thyrocyte. It has two independent actions: a fast antiproli...