Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: Polyglandulare Autoimmune Sydnrome (PAS) is a rare disease and the development during pregnancy is seen even less often. PAS Type II presents with autoimmune adrenalitis and thyroiditis. Symptoms of adrenalitis such as hypotension and hyperpigmentation are overlapping with physiological manifestations during pregnancy making the diagnosis difficult.Clinical presentation: We are reporting the case of a 28-year old prima para prima gravida presenting...

Introduction: Insulin resistance (IR), a pathological state of low sensitivity to insulin in humans and animlas, is closely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and cardiovasculare dieseas. IR can be quantified using detailed protocols, such as the euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp (EC) technique and the intravenous glucose tolerance test, or based on indices derived from the oral glucose tolerance test. Although these indices showed greater association with the i...