Endocrine Abstracts

Instruction: Most of cases reported before who were detected by FT4 or T4 newborn screening are, TSH and GH deficiency or CNS anomalies, and their hypothyroidism is mild. We report two cases of sever congenital hypothyroidism with TSH and Prolactin (PRL) deficiency, detected by TSH and FT4 screening.Case report: Case 1. K.W. boy, was born at 38 gestations, weighted 3.17 kg. Thyroid function at 5 days of age was TSH 5.6 mU...

Combination of ovariectomy (OVX) and chronic restraint stress causes cognitive dysfunction and reduces hippocampal CA3 neurons in female rats and that estrogen replacement suppresses the OVX/stress-induced behavioral and morphological changes. Aim of this study is to exsamine the effect of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) on the cognitive dysfunction and neuromorphological change in OVX/stress-subjected rats. Female Fisher 344 rats were randomly divided into three groups...

Introduction: Recent reports showed that 2–9.4% of diabetic patients have Cushing’s syndrome (CS) including its mild form, subclinical CS (subCS), but there is no report about screening of acromegaly in diabetic patients. Either 1-mg or 0.5-mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is used as the screening test of adrenal CS or Cushing’s disease (CD). The aim of the present study was to screen CS including CD and acromegaly in Japanese diabetic patients.<p cla...

Introduction: There were some studies on the relation between subclinical hypothyroidism and arteriosclerosis, but few studies between thyroid function and diabetic microangiopathy. This study was aimed at investigating the influence of subclinical hypothyroidism on diabetic complications in Japanese population.Description of methods/design: We retrospectively surveyed a total of 106 type 2 diabetic patients with regard to thyroid function and microvascu...