Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem affecting all ages worldwide. In Tunisia, 18% of the population has diabetes mellitus. In fact, it is one of the first ten causes of death in our country.Therefore, self-management education for diabetic patients play an important role in reducing diabetes complications and mortality rate. The education is conducted not only by doctors, but also by nurses.Purpose: The aim of this study is t...

IntroductionTriple-A syndrome, also known as Allgrove syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. It is a multisystemic disease with an estimated prevalence of 1 per 1 000 000 individuals The 3 features of this syndrome are achalasia, adrenal insufficiency, and alacrima. Recently, dental impairment has been the subject of several case reports and reviews. However, this abnormality remains under-diagnosed.Purpose<p class="...

IntroductionMitochondrial diseases are a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders that arise as a result of dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.it is genetically heterogeneous diseases characterized by multisystem involvement. Thus, its clinical description is incomplete. The aim of this case report is to highlight the association between mitochondrial diabetes and severe hypertriglyceridemia. In this study, we describe the case of a 22...