Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: The objective was to evaluate effects of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism on bone metabolism in premenopausal women with special emphasis to osteoprotegerin (OPG) and vitamin D3 (vD).Materials and methods: A total of 119 women aged 18–52 years were studied (38 with recently diagnosed hyperthyroidism; 40 with newly diagnosed hypothyroidism; 41 healthy women as controls). Patients were followed up for a period of 1 year. BMD, ...