Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Type1 diabetes is associated with reduction in Bone mineral density (BMD). It is thought, that metabolic abnormalities associated with type 1 diabetes alter the BMD, but the pathologic mechanisms of reduced bone mass are not fully understood.Objective: The aim of our study was to reveal whether the metabolic control affects bone mass in patients with type 1 diabetes.Materials and Methods: We studied 80 patients (45 -mal...

The hyperprolactinemic disorder is a syndrome of prolactin hypersecretion. The syndrome is more prevalent in women than in men, but lately accidence of the syndrome disease tends to increase in men. Hyperprolactinemic disorder mostly affects men at the age range 40–59 years. Patients at the physician’s consultation have following complaints: erectile dysfunction, infertility, libido reduction, rarely gynecomastia.Sixteen patients were examined ...

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...