Endocrine Abstracts

Actuality: According to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders in type 2 diabetes, the risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in middle-aged people ranges from 18% to 36%. In a report by S. D. West et al. the incidence of sleep apnea in patients with diabetes is estimated at 23% compared with 6% in the general population. In a recent study, AS Peltier et al. it was found that 79.2% of patients with OSA had a violation of glucose tolerance and 25% were first diagnos...

The term “undifferentiated connective tissue disease” (UCTD) represents a stage of disease where clinical symptoms and serological abnormalities suggest autoimmune disease, but they are not sufficient to fulfill the diagnostic criteria of any well-established connective tissue disease (CTD). A 73-year-old man was referred to the 3rd hospital of Tashkent Medical Academy with signs of kidney lesion and the history of treatment at two other medical settings.<p cla...