Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity prevalance is rapidly increasing all over the world and become a serious health problem. There is a significant correlation between serum calcium levels and body fat mass. It was indicated that when plasma calcium levels increase, BMI decrease however, insulin, total cholesterol, and triglycerides levels increase. In this study, it was investigated the relationship between plasma calcium levels and cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome parame...

Introduction: We aimed to evaluate the relationship between platelet count and metabolic risk factors in over weight and obese women in Turkish women.Methods: Over weight (BMI>25 kg/m2) 665 and obese (BMI>30 kg/m2) 4609 women were enrolled into the study. The patients were divided into three group according to the platelet count (PLT), Group I (n=1724) consist of serum PLT≤245×103, group II (n...

Intracranial germinomas are malignant neoplasms which are supposed to arise from primitive germ cells failed to migrate to the genital crest during embryonic development. Most of them are located in the intra-suprasellar region and may cause anterior and particularly posterior pituitary hormone deficits. Early establishment of the histological diagnosis is important for optimum treatment planning and a successful outcome. Intracranial germinomas are radiosensitive and potentia...