Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Celiac disease (CD) an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine, was considered as a disease of childhood. The symptoms can be obvious. That is the main reason why CD is underdiagnosed in elderly patients.Aims & Methods: The purpose of our study was to demonstrate a clinical case of CD which was diagnosed in a 41-year-old female patient. The patient attended our clinic with complains of weakness, tenderness, abdominal distension, weig...

Introduction: Obesity is a global public health problem and is associated with metabolic syndrome and dyslipidemia as well as very often with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).Aim & methods: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the preventive and curable role of vitamin E and pioglitazone (thiazolidinedione-type) in NASH patients with or without metabolic syndrome. 51 patients with NASH were divided into two groups: 26 patients with insuli...