Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Evaluation of the role of collagen I type turnover in presentation of metabolic syndrome (MS) key components among the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) accident survivors three decades upon.Results: The study involved 100 clean-up workers of the ChNPP accident of the with MS divided into 2 subgroups: 50 patients with acute radiation sickness (ARS) exposed to doses over 1.0 Gy, 50 patients exposed to doses 0.3–0.9 Sv; 37 patients with...

More that three decades have passed since the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident (ChNPPA). Several million survivors of the accident were exposed to radioactive iodine and mixture of other radioactive isotopes. Endocrine glands occurred among the target organs of radiation exposure in survivors. Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome (MS) are among the ChNPPA health consequences.Objective: Evaluation of the role of abnormal thyroid function in pre...