Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In some developed countries, the acceleration of physical development has already reached a plateau.Objective: Aim of our study was to examine whether an improvement of the body height of adult men is still observed in Greece and to correlate the body height with socio-economic and demographic factors.Research methods and procedures: The height of 3068 Greek conscripts, aged 18–26 years, was measured and analyzed...

Background: Childhood and adolescence are critical periods for the establishment of lifelong bone health. While most studies focus on vitamin-D regardless of PTH levels, Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism (NPHPT) has been recognized more than 15 years ago as a variant of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), characterized by persistently elevated PTH with normal albumin-adjusted total and ionized calcium, in the absence of secondary causes of hyperparathyroidism. PPHPT is...