Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Recent reports showed that 2–9.4% of diabetic patients have Cushing’s syndrome (CS) including its mild form, subclinical CS (subCS), but there is no report about screening of acromegaly in diabetic patients. Either 1-mg or 0.5-mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is used as the screening test of adrenal CS or Cushing’s disease (CD). The aim of the present study was to screen CS including CD and acromegaly in Japanese diabetic patients.<p cla...

Introduction: There were some studies on the relation between subclinical hypothyroidism and arteriosclerosis, but few studies between thyroid function and diabetic microangiopathy. This study was aimed at investigating the influence of subclinical hypothyroidism on diabetic complications in Japanese population.Description of methods/design: We retrospectively surveyed a total of 106 type 2 diabetic patients with regard to thyroid function and microvascu...