Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Recently, several cytokines attracted considerable attention as potential effectors of insulin resistance and endothelium dysfunction, both associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) pathophysiology.Serum lipids disturbances also observed in inflammation and immunologic disorders have been found to largely depend on proinflammatory cytokines release.Aim: To establish the presence of cytokines levels disturbances ...

Introduction: Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS) is a heterogeneous group of intersex disorders arising from tissue resistance to androgen action due to mutations of the androgen receptor. The phenotypic expression of the syndrome varies considerably and external genitalia’s masculinization depends on residual activity of the androgen receptor while gynecomastia is observed in most of the cases.Case report: We present the case of a 16 ye...