Endocrine Abstracts

The coeliac disease is the autoimmunity disease of small intestine, which is the immune response result to various proteins of cereals, especially wheat gliadin. in adulthood it often manifests with various symptomatology, which includes metabolic osteopathy arising on secondary hyperparathyreosis.There is casuistic model of 24-year-old patient with Down syndrome and documented autoimmunity thyroiditis, where the coeliac disease manifested by serious hyp...

Vitamin A (retinol) plays a non-substitutable role in a process of growth and differentiation of tissues. Deficit of retinol can be encountered at its long-term diet deprivation (primary deficit), but it can occur also as a consequence of metabolism disorders on various levels (secondary deficit). Secondary deficit of retinol can occur also in people exposed to chemical substances in the long term or people living in an environment polluted by chemicals for a long time. One of...