Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Antiepileptic drugs may cause altered thyroid function in adults according to previous studies. The cllinical impact of this is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate thyroid function in patients taking antiepileptic drugs to evaluate a possible clinical impact.Methods: Adult epileptic patients (older than 18 years old) who attended the neurology outpatient clinic at Landspitali University Hospital in Iceland (the only University Ho...

Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is an important cause of hypertension. Adrenal hyperplasia (AH) and aldosterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma (APA) are considered the most frequent causes of PA. Histopathological analysis of unilateral PA has been difficult since no clear morphological criteria existed for defining aldosterone-producing cells. Recently, the distribution of adrenal cells forming aldosterone and cortisol has been studied by using specific monoclonal ...