Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of the study was to evaluate frequency of cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction, stroke) among the individuals with metabolic syndrome (MS).Materials and methods: The study design was prospective. It was started in 2003 to assess the risk factors, clinical components, diagnostic criteria of MS and to determine correlation between MS and neuropsychiatric disorders. At the second stage in 2013 the individuals were repeatedly invited to evalu...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer (85%–90%). Today Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the diagnostic tool for the evaluation of thyroid nodules because of its accuracy and cost-effectiveness, but FNAB also has limitations, as it is quite challenging to take a biopsy from a small thyroid nodule moreover FNAB diagnosis is doubtful in up to 20% of cases. Therefore, non-invasive biomarkers of PTC are needed.<p clas...