Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Patients with metabolic syndrome who presents with vascular, metabolic or bone disorders of recent onset, or are difficult to control, or are progressively deteriorating is potentially linked to cortisol excess the aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of occult CS in metabolic syndrome patients.Method: In a cross-sectional study, 30 females with metabolic syndrome chosen from Endocrinology Clinic without any phenotypical features of...

Objective: To study the growth response to GH treatment in GH deficient patients. Also to report the possible side effects emerging during treatment with GH.Patients and methods: 477 GH deficient (GHD) children were included in the study. All patients received biosynthetic GH therapy at a dose of 20 IU/m2 per week. Patients were followed up for a minimum of 1 year and up to 6 years as anthropometric assessment was performed every 3 months, whi...