Endocrine Abstracts

Osteoporosis is a chronic noninfectious disease, which changes the structure and mineral density of bones, causing fractures after small trauma, deformities and disability. Every minute two breakages happen, due to osteoporosis. Thyroid gland disfunction could disturb the bone remodelling process.The aim of this study is to check the bone quality in females suffering from thyroid diseases. This prospective study included 164 women of the average age of 7...

The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of thyroid and parathyroid glands dysphunction to the arterial hypertension ethiology in elderly patients suffering from hronic renal failure.In 34 patients, average age of 67 years (range: 65–68), with glomerular filtration rate (GFR, 99mTcDTPA) <60 ml/min, as well as the creatinine clearence (Cockcroft) values between 60 and 30 ml/min, thyroid gland function was analys...