Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) in remission often suffer from impaired quality of life and cognitive dysfunction. Mental fatigue is characterized by mental exhaustion which appears especially during sensory stimulation or following mentally strenuous tasks. Other typical features are long recovery time for restoration of mental energy, irritability, impaired memory and concentration and sensitivity to stress, light and noise. The primary aim of this stu...

Background: Patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) in long-term remission have impaired cognitive function. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers are important diagnostic tools in the work-up of patients with cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to analyze biological markers in CSF from patients with CS in remission. Owing to the overlapping similarities between patients with CS and dementia, i.e. cognitive dysfunction and hypercortisolemia, the main hypothesis w...

Background: Mental fatigue, depression and anxiety are common in Graves’ disease (GD). Our aims were to assess the relationship between these variables among GD patients both in the hyperthyroid phase and after treatment. The pathogenic mechanisms involved in these symptoms are unknown and so is if previous psychiatric disease influences these symptoms.Methods: This was a longitudinal case control study in Göteborg, Sweden, on 65 women with new...