Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: Thyroid autoimmune diseases occur more frequently in women than men. A previous study reveals that exogenous testosterone may have a protective effect on thyroid autoimmunity in men with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. But no study has determined whether sex hormones produce any effect on thyroid antibody titreş in women. The primary study aim was to assess whether exogenous testosterone affects thyroid autoimmunity in trans-men with increasing testosterone levels....

Introduction: Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system was shown to be activated in severe COVID-19 infection. We aimed to investigate the relation between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) levels, ACE gene polymorphism, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and hypertension (HT), and the prognosis of COVID-19 infection.Methods: Clinical features of adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosis were analyzed. ACE gene analysis and ACE level measur...

Aim: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) suppression treatment may have a detrimental effect on bone tissue in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients. The current study aimed to investigate vertebral fracture, bone mineral density measurements, and TSH levels in DTC patients under levothyroxine (LT4) suppression treatment after total thyroidectomy and/or radioiodine ablation therapy in a multicentric setting.Material and Method: This multicentric cro...