Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid disease let to change of weight – in hyperthyroid body mass is reduced, but in hypothyroid it is increased. Recently researches suggest that many new bioactive substances, like ghrelin and obestatin, play a role in regulation of body mass. These closely related hormones have paradoxically different effects- ghrelin increases, but obestatin decreases appetite. The aim of the study was to evaluate ghrelin and obestatin levels in young patients with untreated Graves&...