Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents with constitutional tall stature (CTS).Materials and methods: Sixty-two patients (20 males and 42 females) with CTS aged 9.3–16.4 years (12.9±2.4 years, mean±S.D.) were enrolled in this study. Sixty-eight normal subjects (24 males and 44 females) aged 9.8–16.2 years (13.1±2.1 years) served as controls. The evaluation of th...

Objective: To evaluate the pituitary hormone axes in adolescents with constitutional tall stature (CTS).Materials and methods: About 120 patients (54 males and 66 females) with CTS aged 9.6–16.5 years (13.6±2.7 years, mean±S.D.) were enrolled in this study. Sixty-eight normal subjects (24 males and 44 females) aged 9.8–16.2 years (13.1±2.1 years), who were comparable in socioeconomic and nutritional terms, served a...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is accompanied with a variety of metabolic changes in different systems including bone. In several previous studies it was shown that DM type 1 is associated with a decreased mineral density, whereas the data regarding DM type 2 are still controversial.In the present study we examined the risk of different bone fractures in diabetic patients visiting local trauma clinic during one year (total area population 50.500). The incidence ...