Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Budd-Chiari syndrome, characterized by abdominal pain, ascites and hepatomegaly, is a rare condition, caused by thrombotic hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Diabetes mellitus is associated with impairment of the coagulation and fibrinolysis pathway, suggesting its involvement in the pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism. There are few cases of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus, reported in the literature.Case present...

Background: Previous research suggests an association between specific genetic variations and interindividual variability in response to treatment with glucagon-like receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We aimed to evaluate the role of CTRB1/2 rs7202877 (T>G) polymorphism in glycemic control and weight loss response to liraglutide among Greek patients with T2DM and to identify clinical factors related to prediction of res...