Endocrine Abstracts

: Erythrovirus (EVB19) can recognize auto-antigens by using molecular mimicry mechanisms. EVB 19 is accused in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases. Especially EVB19 is very important in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases. Thus in some case presentations; it was shown that EVB19 might be related with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Although etiopathogenesis of Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is not known exactly; they are thought to occ...

Introduction: Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a self-limiting thyroid disease associated with a triphasic clinical course of hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and return to normal thyroid function. The well-known clinical features of SAT include thyroid pain with symptoms of hyperthyroidism, suppressed level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), low thyroid uptake of radioactive iodine, and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Diagnosis is based on clinical and laboratory dat...

Vaccines are the most effective tools for preventing some infections. World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health (MoH) in Turkey recommends vaccination for people with diabetes. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of vaccination rates among diabetes in three different cities (Kütahya, Eskisehir and Malatya) in Turkey. 475 patients (307 female, 168 male) attending outpatient clinics for endocrinology were asked to fill in a questionnaire. The vaccination ra...