Endocrine Abstracts

Women with a history of GDM may be at increased risk for future diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the endothelium dependent hemostatic factors as well as the parameters of endothelial function and inflammation in women with pGDM.Eighty women with pGDM and 40 women (control) healthy women with normal glucose tolerance during pregnancy were studied. In all women, plasma glucose, insulin, C-peptid, lipid profile, ...

Aim: Thyroid nodules are frequent in the adult population. Thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy is the first choice for diagnosing cancer in the nodule. It is suggested that biopsy-proven benign thyroid nodules should be followed up clinically and if they grow, re-biopsy should be performed. However, certain growth criteria have not been defined yet.Method: We retrospectively reviewed thyroid fine needle aspiration records of all patients seen in our cl...