Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) resulting from 17 α hyroxylase enzyme deficiency (17OHD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. More than 150 cases were reported in the literature. Patients with 17OHD were reported to have hypoaldosteronism.Case: A 16-year-old female referred to endocrinology outpatient clinic from family medicine department with the absence of a secondary sexual characteristics and primary amenorrhea. On physical ...

Objectives: T helper1 (Th1) cells were determined to have important roles in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to investigate relationship between Th1 cytokines (IFN γ, IL-2 and TNF-α) and T2D.Material and methods: The study included 32 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (T2DPs) who had not begun to take antidiabetic agents except from insulin and 30 healthy subjects (CG) who did not have glucose intoerance (fasting or af...