Endocrine Abstracts

Method: One hundred and twenty-five respondents with type 1or type 2 diabetes, of both genders, were recruited from patients attending a private diabetes clinic in Karaj, Iran. They were asked to fill out the psychosocial barriers to self-care Questionnaire designed by Glasgow et al for estimating the frequency of occurrence of both environmental (e.g. time, competing demands, social pressure) and cognitive factors that interfere with diabetes self-management. Demographics and...

Introduction: Ramadan fasting may alter fuel metabolism and energy expenditure by inducing changes in the meal timing, sleep–wake patterns and physical activity. It could affect blood glucose through disrupting energy balance. Evaluation of resting energy expenditure (REE) could help to recommend best nutrition advices to diabetics for maintaining acceptable metabolic control.Methods: Thirteen type 2 diabetics who were fasted in Ramadan were compare...

Introduction: FNA (fine needle aspiration) is a highly sensitive and specific procedure in evaluating of thyroid nodules. There are several options for processing the FNA specimen such as direct smears, cell block preparations (CBP) and liquid base preparations (LBP); the latter has become more popular due to its easy transport, fast protocol and also the possibility to study different parts of the specimen. In this study, we compare the results of cell block and liquid base p...

Objective: Pendred syndrome, defined as the constellation of goiter, sensori-neural hearing loss and positive Perchlorate discharge test, is the most frequent cause of congenital deafness. Newly introduced diagnostic approaches to the disease are rather expensive and complicated, we evaluated the value of MRI as the sole, or adjunctive diagnostic approach, and compared it with the traditional ones.Methods: Presuming the classic triad as the gold standard...