Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: By the definition of vitamin D receptors in many tissues, many functions of vitamin D other than calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism were shown. A role for vitamin D is suggested in the pathogenesis of Graves disease because of the effects of vitamin D on the immune system. In our study the role of vitamin D deficiency in the activation of Graves disease, development of autoimmune thyroid disease and the relationship between vitamin D and inflammatory markers we...

Metformin is considered to be the first choice in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Lactic acidosis is a rare life-threatening complication of metformin with approximately 50% overall mortality. Metformin is contraindicated in patients with factors predisposing to lactic acidosis such as impaired renal function (eGFR <30 mL/min). Herein, we present a hemodialysis patient who developed lactic acidosis after inadvertent usage of metformin.Case...

Kidney disease occurs in diabetic patients during disease course in time. Diabetes duration, co-morbid diseases, presence of retinopathy, family history of diabetic nephropathy (DN) predict kidney involvement. Although DN is the initial diagnosis in diabetics with proteinuria, other diseases like primary glomerulonephritis (GN) could be the reason of kidney involvement. DN is increasing in proportion with the increase in diabetes prevalence, and it has been predicted to contin...