Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a common condition among liver transplanted patients and it contributes to late morbidity and mortality by favoring the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD).The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of MS in the first 6 months after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and the associated pre-operative and post-operative risk factors.Methods: Seventy-one cirrhotic patients wer...

Introduction: Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare, multisystemic genomic disorder. While the natural history of the disease in childhood is quite well-known, few descriptions of the adult WS medical complications have been published.Method: Twenty-two young adult patients with WS (13 females, 9 males, age: 29.2±5.4 years) were studied. A 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed in all but one with known diabetes mellitus (DM). β-Cell ...