Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Thyroid dysfunction is frequently associated with functional disturbances of the brain. We performed a meta-analysis of previous positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography studies using a coordinate-based technique of activation-likelihood estimation (ALE) to investigate the potential background of neuropsychiatric complications in patients with hypo- and hyperthyroidism.Methods: We performed a systematic searc...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of individuals with spine–femur bone mineral density (BMD) discordance and to examine whether trabecular bone score (TBS) is associated with major and minor BMD discordance in postmenopausal women.Methods: This retrospective study included 533 healthy postmenopausal women (median age, 60 years; range, 55–82 years) who visited our hospital for a health check-up...