Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chronic autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) or Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is one of the main thyroid diseases in pediatric age. HT characterized by the production of anti-thyroid antibodies, by an infiltration of autoreactive B and T lymphocytes into the thyroid parenchyma and by alterations in thyroid function. Coeliac disease (CD) is a systemic autoimmune disease caused by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed subjects. At presents with a pathognomonic enter...

Introduction: Early diagnosis of obesity, as well as prevention of its occurrence in high-risk patients, plays an important role in the prevention of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The study of leptin and ghrelin are one of important pathogenetic aspect of obesity. At the same time, such factors as hypodynamia, low physical activity and insulin resistance contribute to the formation of sarcopenic obesity, which is characterized by the loss of muscle tissue...