Endocrine Abstracts

Testosterone has a dose-dependent stimulatory effect on erythropoiesis but the mechanism is poorly understood. Although both erythroblasts and megakaryocytes express androgen receptors, testosterone’s effect on thrombopoiesis in humans has never been studied.We report a case of 53-years-old woman presented with androgenic alopecia, hirsutism, facial redness and hoarse voice. She was a non-smoker and had a history of well-controlled diabetes mellitus...

BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB) is a non-invasive procedure which proved to be effective in short-term treatment of obesity. It’s effect on alterations in metabolic parameters is poorly understood. Since our previous study showed different ghrelin and leptin response between groups of morbidly (M) and non-morbidly (NM) patients after BIB placement, we aimed to investigate the alteration dynamics in metabolic parameters between these two groups.<p class="abstext...