Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To describe the clinical course of an adolescent girl with gigantism.Background and methodsIn young persons with open epiphyses, overproduction of GH results in gigantism, with consequent longitudinal growth acceleration1. Pituitary gigantism is extremely rare, and its cause in the majority of patients is a pituitary adenoma1. Here, we present a 12, 5 years-old girl investigated for tall stature [183.5&#1...

Introduction: The hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian and/or adrenal axis as well as the autonomous nervous system affect significantly the intensity of menopausal symptoms Pre-existing levels of stress may affect the individual perception of menopausal symptoms. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a structured stress management program to reduce levels of stress and severity of climacteric symptoms, in a sample of middle-aged Greek women.Methods: The sample...