Endocrine Abstracts

A 32-year old Caucasian was admitted with at 14 weeks of gestation with hypotension and weight loss. Family members noted that she appeared ‘tired’ prior to pregnancy. Past medical history included primary hypothyroidism treated with thyroxine (100 μg/day). Her mother had also been hypothyroid. She had a healthy daughter aged 2.5 years who had been born small for gestational age.At about 8 weeks of gestation she started to vomit several ti...

Background, subjects & methods: Dexamethasone increases visfatin synthesis in vitro, but it is not clear, whether it is reflected in the changes of serum levels of this cytokine. We have therefore assessed fasting serum concentrations of visfatin, glucose, insulin and cortisol in 20 subjects (4 males, 5 subjects with type 2 diabetes) age (mean±S.D.) 42.1±17.2 years, BMI 36,7±8.38 kg/m2 before and after 48 hours of administrat...