Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: The aim of the present study is to determine the effects of the diabetes mellitus (DM) treatment regimens on malignancy retrospectively.Material-Method: 655 DM patients were enrolled in this study. Patients receiving diabetes therapies for at least one year were assessed with physical examination, detailed medical and family history, habits, demographic characteristics and laboratory tests and divided into two groups according to the diabetes treatm...

Objective: Aim of the study was to investigate the spectrum and prevelance of goiter and thyroidal diseases by ultrasonography in moderately iodine deficient area.The MELEN study is a prospectively designed survey on the prevalence of cardio metabolic risk factors and thyroid diseases in Turkish adults. A total of 2298 subjects with a mean age of 50 (age range 18–92) were interviewed. Thyroid ultrasonography was performed and interpreted by the same...