Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Literature data suggests increased fracture risk in women with diabetes mellitus type 2 but the underlying mechanism is not fully understood.Aim of the study was to analyse bone turnover parameters in women with DM2 and in healthy women with osteoporosis in menopause.Materials and methods: There were 76 participants out of wich 36 women with DM2. Average diabetes duration was 14.48±10.51 years with mean HbA1c 7.8...

Introduction: It is well documented that adrenal tumor tissue is responsive to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) as well as to luteinizing hormone (LH) with both hormones sharing a similar physiological role and a mutual receptor.Objective: The objective of our study was to assess the adrenal steroid response to acute, exogenous hCG stimulation in patients with adrenal incidenatalomas (AI) and for the first time, in a healthy control group.<p class=...

Introduction: Bisphosphonates are commonly used in the treatment of osteoporosis. The aim was to determine the effect of bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis on bone mineral density (BMD) depending on the Dolga index.Materials and methods: The study included 36 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. BMD was measured by DXA of the spine and hip before treatment and 2 years after starting bisphosphonate therapy. Parameters of bone turnover: osteocalcin...