Endocrine Abstracts

Back ground: The reported prevalence of microalbuminuria (MA) range from 9% to 54%. Diabetics in these studies were hypertensive and were on different medications which could influence results. Aim: To know the prevalence of MA in diabetics not on antihypertensive medication, normal serum creatinine, no overt proteinuria and were also not on statins. Methods: The data were collected from the Diabetes Register of patients at annual check up at Hartlepool General Hospital. Durin...

Aim: To ascertain the types of treatment, results and correlation between GH and the simultaneous IGF-1. Setting: Endocrine and Neurosurgical Unit. Methods: Endocrine and laboratory database of 17 acromegalic patients (11 male) with mean (SD) age 51(3) years and follow up 11 years. Results: Pituitary surgery 11 patients (3 twice), external radiotherapy 10 (one heavy particle therapy). GH levels have come down from a median value 32.5 mU per litre (Mean plus/minus SEM: 51.9 plu...