Endocrine Abstracts

The purpose of this study was to compare bone mineral density (BMD) and bone metabolism in patients suffering from adrogenital syndrome due to deficit of 21-hydroxylase with those of a group of healthy subjects. A longitudinal follow-up was also carried out in a subgroup of patients.Thirty-eight patients 19-47 years old were compared with a group of healthy, age- and sex-matched controls. Sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone (PTH),...

Forty seven patients suffering from Addison’s disease (AD: 12 males and 35 females, 44.5±12.7 year old) were compared with 63 normal age-, sex- and BMI-matched subjects.The duration of disease ranged from 0.6 to 44 years (10.23±9.07 years). AD had received a cumulative dose of cortisone acetate of 290.5±326.8 g, equivalent to a daily dose of 44.5±15.5 mg, and to 26.34±10.57 mg/m2 of body surface. AD had average va...