Endocrine Abstracts

The medical and social importance of a problem of a gestational diabetes (GD) is caused by higher probability of occurrence of the complicated current of pregnancy and delivery. Frequency of a GD varies within 1.5–13% from total pregnancies, essentially increasing in risk groups.Materials and methods: One hundred and fifty-six pregnant women in different periods of gestation were examined. The estimation of GD’s risk factors was spent to all wo...

Prolactinomas are very rare, but usually more aggressive among children, than in adults. Although treatment strategies for prolactinomas in adults are well established and at present time the preference is given to dopamine agonists, the use of these drugs in pediatric patients is limited due to lack of information on safety and efficiency in this group of patients.A 14-year old boy presented with absent puberty, obesity (weight +4σ) general weaknes...

Background: It is known women suffer from macroprolactinaemia more frequently than men. Often men with unclear genesis of hyperprolactinaemia have normal or a little depressed Testosterone level. High macroprolactin level in blood serum can explain this type of hyperprolactinaemia.Materials and methods: Sixty-four men with hyperprolactinaemia (Prl >600 mU/l) were studied. Clinical, biochemical and MRI methods were used. Prl and Testosterone levels we...