Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a key regulator of mineral metabolism, the homeostasis of calcium, phospate, vitamin D and bone turnover. Hypoparathyroidism is a rare disease characterized by hypocalceamia with inappropriately low plasma levels of PTH. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is the measure of platelet size. Increased MPV has been associated with cardiovascular risk.Objective: In our preliminary study, we aim to show that untreated hypoparath...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder that affects women of reproductive age. Clinical and biochemical characteristics are similar to metabolic syndrome. Insulin resistance in patients with metabolic syndrome, is associated with serum uric acid levels. In our study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between serum uric acid levels and clinical and laboratory in PCOS patients.Materials and Method: PCOS ...

Aim: The risk of cardiovascular mortality is high in patients with acromegaly. In this study, we intent to evaluate serum lipid profile in patients newly diagnosed with acromegaly and determine its association with increased growth hormone (gh) and insulin like growth factor-1 (igf-1) levels.Material and method: This study includes 57 patients newly diagnosed with acromegaly in our hospital (mean age 44.1±13.8 years; mean bmi 29.6±5.4 kg/m...