Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is one of the most malignant thyroid tumours which occur in both hereditary (25%) and sporadic (75%) forms. Mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in MTC development have been well demonstrated. The aim of the study was to investigate the mutational spectrum of exons 3, 5, 8, and 10–18 of RET proto-oncogene in MTC patients.Material and methods: This r...

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is one of the most malignant thyroid tumours which occur in both hereditary (25%) and sporadic (75%) forms. Mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in MTC development have been well demonstrated. The aim of the study was to investigate the mutational spectrum of exons 3, 5, 8, and 10–18 of RET proto-oncogene in MTC patients.Material and methods: This r...

Introduction: In postmenopausal women the rate of bone remodeling increases. Trace elements are known to influence bone metabolism. The aim of the study was to assess serum concentrations of some elements in pre- and postmenopausal women with and without osteopenia.Methods: Serum concentrations of magnesium, copper, cadmium and vanadium were measured by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy in 51 postmenopausal women (19 women with oste...

Introduction: Osteoporosis affects a large percentage of the elderly population. Since the disease is preventable, diagnostic techniques are of major importance. Furthermore, the dentist is the most regularly visited doctor in this population and panoramic radiographs are the most frequently used imaging modalities for these patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiomorphometric indices on panoramic radiographs of post-menopausal females.<p class="abstex...