Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It is well known that one of the basic characteristics of tumor cells is that they are greedy for glucose. Delivering Glucose Coated Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Glc-SPIONs) to tumor cells by i.v. administration could represent “the magic bullet” for detecting and treating cancer,Materials, methods and results: Glc-SPIONs were prepared by a new approach called Metal Vapor Synthesis (MVS) and their structural features ...

Background: Vitamin D deficiency plays a role in autoimmune diseases and risk of fractures. No data are available on vitamin D levels and vertebral fractures in autoimmune bullous skin diseases.Objectives: To assess vitamin D serum levels and vertebral fractures’ prevalence in patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and bullous pemphigoid (BP), potentially deadly autoimmune bullous disorders.Methods: We studied 13 consecutive ac...

Introduction: Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (RTA) is a new promising therapeutic approach to manage compressive thyroid nodules (TNs).Aim: To investigate effectiveness and safety of RTA in the treatment of compressive TNs in patients not receiving surgery or radioiodine.Study design: Forty patients (31–86 years) with compressive TNs were enrolled. Twenty-two patients had non-toxic TNs and 18 had toxic TNs and we...