Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Accident at the Chernobyl NPP (ChNPP) in Ukraine on the 26th of April, 1986 was followed by the intensive release of a wide range of radioactive elements with affinity to many endocrine tissues. The mentioned radioactive fallout resulted in both internal and external radiation exposure, among others, of the central endocrine structures of the human brain.Methods: We have conducted a retrospective analysis (20–25 years upon radiation ex...