Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: Paget disease is a disease of bone of unknown etiology with increased bone turnover that results in defective bone microarchitecture and bone deformity. Bisphosphonates are used in symptomatic Paget disease of bone. Clinical trials have shown that zoledronic acid was more effective than other bisphosphonates in treatment of Paget disease.Methods: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed the remission and relapse statuses of 12 patients with Pa...

Background: We investigated the demographic and clinical features of patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis who had been diagnosed and treated in Ege University, the main referral center in the Aegean region of Turkey.Methods: Medical records of patients who had been followed in the endocrinology clinic of Ege University were retrospectively evaluated. Patients who had been diagnosed as having any thyroid disorder were determined. Patients with Hashi...

Background: Clinical practice guidelines on diabetes mellitus (DM) have been developed in 2006 by The Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkish (SEMT). The ongoing ADMIRE Project is designed to evaluate the effect of implementation of various activities to increase the awareness of physicians on the adherence to SEMT guidelines. The first phase results of the project is presented.Methods: Of 180 physicians evaluated previous 12 months’ medi...

Objective: Diabetic foot ulcer is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The most important factor related to the development of foot ulcer is peripheral neuropathy. Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is associated with coagulation, fibrinolysis and inflammation. Plasma TAFI may participate in arterial thrombosis in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). TAFI may be involved in the mechanism of vascular endothelial damage in diabetic patients. The aim of th...