Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To investigate the relation of serum lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) and other serum lipids with presence of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy (GO). We also analyzed the correlation between serum lipids and GO activity.Methods: A cross-sectional investigation was conducted in consecutive patients with Graves’ Disease (GD) who came under the authors’ observation to receive antithyroid drug. A stratification was aimed at forming two distinct groups of pat...

Aim: Changes in thyroid functions, parenchymal structure and increased frequency of thyroid diseases in inflammatory bowel diseases(IBD) have been described in various studies. In the literature, studies using the data scanning method, most of which belong to the past period, stand out. In this study, we wanted to investigate the relationship between IBD and thyroid diseases in a non-retrospective study. The aim of this study is to systematically check whether there is a relat...

Objective: Establishing good metabolic control is essential to prevent morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This nationwide survey is performed five years after the first national TEMD study, to search for any improvement in attaining glycemic and metabolic targets in Turkish patients with T2DM.Methods: The nationwide, multicenter survey consecutively enrolled patients who were under follow up for at least a year in tertiary c...