Endocrine Abstracts

AimTo evaluate the impact of printed educational materials on knowledge in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Materials and methodsA randomized controlled trial was performed among women with GDM. A total of 135 pregnant women with GDM who attended antenatal clinic were randomly assigned to either an intervention (45 pregnant women) or a control group (90 pregnant women). The women from interventi...

Introduction Adipose tissue is already considered as a metabolic active endocrine organ secreting numerous substances called adipokines. A growing body of evidence links two of these adipokines- chemerin and resistin, to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on their effect on vascular function and creating an environment of low grade inflammation. Nevertheless, the exact mechanism of how these molecules act on the target cells of joint ele...