Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) for primary hyperparathyroidism is routinely performed in many centres. Various preoperative and intraoperative localisation techniques are used along with intraoperative PTH monitoring (IOPTH).Results: We report the results of 110 consecutive patients presenting to our unit with a diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism from January 2004 until November 2007. All patients had sestamibi scintigraphy ...

Background and Importance: Precocious puberty refers to sexual characteristics development before the normal age for its development. Neurofibromatosis Type 1 is an autosomal dominant condition with wide spectrum of clinical phenotype of which precocious puberty is common. This case report highlights the importance of recognizing this disease in patient presenting with precocious puberty and screening for optic pathway gliomas should be done and treat it to prevent the future ...

Teddy is a highly proliferative goat breed, as females of this breed are famous for high twinning rates. Feed supplementation of olive oil has been shown to improve semen quality of goat bucks. In this study, the effects of feed supplementation with olive oil on serum testosterone, triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and some biochemical metabolites in Teddy goat bucks were investigated. For this purpose, 9 adult male goats, with clinically normal reproduc...

Teddy is a highly proliferative goat breed, as females of this breed are famous for high twinning rates. Feed supplementation of olive oil has been shown to improve semen quality of goat bucks. In this study, the effects of feed supplementation with olive oil on serum testosterone, triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and some biochemical metabolites in Teddy goat bucks were investigated. For this purpose, 9 adult male goats, with clinically normal reproduc...