Endocrine Abstracts

Height and weight measurement is an important data source in affairs related to growth and development, puberty and nutritional status of children and adolescents. In clinical setting NCHS charts are used in Iran. Although there were significant differences among provinces, between urban and rural children and all the percentiles of growth charts from the data of national health survey in Tehran, in 1990-1992, were substantially below but similar to those of the NCHS charts. I...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a clinical condition results from GH hypersecretion which is usually elaborated by a somatotroph adenoma. Mass effect of adenoma and resulting hormonal changes impair fertility during pregnancy, estrogen-mediated pituitary enlargement along with enhanced pituitary vascularity is a true risk for tumor hemorrhage.Case presentation: The 28-years-old patient first visited by the endocrinologist in 2004 for secondary amenorrhea and...