Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: We aimed to establish the frequency of vitamin D deficiency and analyse its association with gestational diabetes (GDM).Material and methods: In this descriptive, case control and cross sectional study, pregnant women were screened at 24–28 weeks of pregnancy using a 75 g, 2 h oral glucose tolerance test. Fourthy-six GDM diagnosed (case, group 1) and 43 healthy pregnants (control, group 2) were recruited. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitami...

Introduction: To date, several mutations have been identified as the underlying cause of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. However, they account for a small minority of cases, suggesting that other genes play a significant role in the pathogenesis. The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of KAL1, GnRH1, GnRHR, PROK2 and PROKR2 mutations. Because it has several advantages over traditional screening methods, multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA)...