Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: The TaqI (rs1800497) polymorphism of the Dopamine Receptor type 2 (DRD2) gene allele has been commonly related to increased ad lib food intake, weight gain, and risk for obesity overeating and risk for obesity. We supposed to find associations between body mass index (BMI), the TaqI (rs1800497) polymorphism of the Dopamine Receptor type 2 (DRD2) gene and plasma leptin and dopamine in children with alimentary and extreme obesity and normal weight.<p clas...

The results of treatment of 72 patients with endocrine ophthalmopathy in the Clinical Hospital No. 10 in Minsk during 2 years are presented. Thyroid pathology was detected in 63 patients (87.5%): in 39 (54.2%) - Graves disease, in 24 (33.3%) - autoimmune thyroiditis. All patients with Graves’ disease received thyrostatic therapy; 10 persons developed ophthalmopathy after thyroidectomy. 11 patients with autoimmune thyroiditis had hypothyroidism and received levothyroxine, ...

Aim: To investigate the impact of overall obesity (Ob) and diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) on arterial stiffness and degree of insulin resistance in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and abdominal Ob (AOb).Design and method: 74 subjects were divided according to presence of AH, AOb, Ob, and DM2 without insulin therapy. Control group 1 consisted of 26 subjects without AH, AOb, Ob, and DM2. All patients with AH were also diagnosed with AOb and amount...