Endocrine Abstracts

Advanced research to investigate possible methods of treatment in patients with metabolic syndrome is required. Adipocytokines are secreted by the adipose tissue. These polypeptides and their functions are also known last few years.Adipocytokines are also anti-inflammatory and antiatherogenic, and they increase insulin sensitivity. As result of these skills, adipocytokines should be useful for diagnosis and treatment for metabolic syndrome. In this study...

Aim: To evaluate dermatologic findings in diabetic and nondiabetic acromegalic patients and compare with nonacromegalic diabetic patients. Also to investigate any possible correlation between skin lesions and colonic and thyroid neoplasms.Materials and methods: Data from dermatologic examination of 32 acromegalic and diabetic nonacromegalic patients were compared. Colonoscopic, ultrasonographic and biochemical findings of acromegalic patients were evalua...

Obesity is an important and chronic disease. It is known that obesity closely related with many chronic disorders.Also it is known as a result of serious morbidity and mortality. For treatment of obesity, dietary, medicine, egzercise and surgery should be useful but they have also some adverse effects and surgery should be cause of mortality and severe morbidity.Our method of EGB is completely non-invasive and we investigated the efficacy of obesity trea...