Endocrine Abstracts

Stress appears to activate the immunoneuroendocrine network and seems to be related to the development of autoimmune diseases. Graves’ disease is a multisystem disorder characterized by hyperthyroidism, eye disease and pretibial myxedema. Stress appears also to be related to the development of Graves’ disease.The aim was to describe cases of Graves’ disease which developed immediately after a stressful life event.Pat...

Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes mellitus type 1 and multiple sclerosis. Reduced vitamin D intake has been linked to increased susceptibility to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and vitamin D deficiency has been found to be associated with disease activity in RA patients. The aim was to evaluate vitamin D status in RA patients and to assess the relationship between vitamin D levels and disease act...