Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Irisin is a new myokin and adipokine related to human obesity and insulin resistance status.Aim: To assess serum irisin level as well as to investigate whether serum irisin is related to glycemic indicators, and micro and macrovascular complications in patients with T2DM.Methods: The study included 60 T2DM patients and 30 healthy controls. Anthropometric measures, neurological assessment and fundus examination were done...

Disorders of sex development create medical and social dilemma. Maleness with XX genotype is a rare genetic condition affecting one in 24,000 new-born males. Characterized by a spectrum of clinical presentation, ranging from normal male genitalia to ambiguous sex.Case report: A 31 years old patient with ambiguous genitalia raised as a male. He came to our endocrinology clinic to stabilize his male identity by surgical correction, no parental consanguinit...