Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Vitamin D deficiency is reported as a risk factor for the development of diabetes in several epidemiologic studies. In this study, we investigated the frequency of 25-OH vitamin D deficiency in type 2 diabetes and the relationship between 25-OH vitamin D deficiency and microvascular complications.Materials and methods: Retrospectively, medical records of 557 type 2 diabetic patients admitted to the Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic in January–Mar...

Nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis is mostly caused by drugs, alcohol consumption or compression of muscles. Severe hyperosmolarity rarely can cause rhabdomyolysis. Our case has santral diabetes insipidus that has admitted with the clinical picture of rhabdomyolysis.Case: Twenty-six-years old male has admitted to our clinic with the complaint of weakness, nausea, vomitting, polydipsia, polyuria, difficulty in walking and tendency to sleep. Neurologic examinatio...