Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Acromegaly has an important impact on health-related quality of life. The aim of study was to ascertain the quality of life of patients with uncontrolled vs controlled acromegaly and compared to those with non-functioning adenomas and healthy control group.Methods: 124 participants underwent a cross-sectional assessment including the quality of life (AcroQoL, WHOQoL BREF), psychiatric morbidity (GHQ-28) and acceptance of illness (AIS). The sam...

Objective: The cross-sectional study was designed to assess the psychosocial profiles of patients with acromegaly and with non-functioning adenomas in correlation with the severity of the diseases.Methods: Forty-one patients with acromegaly and thirty-one with non-functioning adenomas underwent a cross-sectional assessment regarding their socio-demographic and medical profiles, including the quality of life, psychiatric morbidity, and acceptance of illne...

Aggravation of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may also underlie the functioning of receptors associated with calcium and vitamin D. Therefore, it seems reasonable to study the correlation of polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor (VDR) and calcium receptor (CASR) with symptoms of AD. Alzheimer’s disease, vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis often coexist in the patient. Research suggests that vitamin D deficiency is much more frequent in the patients with AD. Expr...