Endocrine Abstracts

Over the last 25 years we have been expanding our choice of treatments for os oporosis. The chronic nature of the disease makes long term treatment necessary. It has long been known that long term management of osteoporosis suffers the same compliance problems as chronic treatment regimens for other disease like hypertension, hyperkolesterolemia, etc.The most widely used treatment for osteoporosis is still oral bisphosphonates, which have come under incr...

Background: Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is a severe organ-specific autoimmune inflammatory ocular complication most often associated with Graves’ disease (GD). Besides the cosmetic problems these patients develop, GO may also cause severe eye complications threatening the vision of the patient. Additionally, GO complicates the treatment of patients with GD, making the identification of Graves patients at risk for eye disease before they develop symptoms a critical step ...