Endocrine Abstracts

Thyrotoxic crisis is a manifestation of an extreme and rare state of thyrotoxicosis. It is an acute, life-threatening state. The mortality of thyrotoxic crisis is currently reported at 8–25% [1]. The clinical presentation includes fever, tachycardia, hypertension followed by congestive heart failure, neurological and mental disorders. We present a case of 34-year-old woman without any history of thyroid hyperactivity. She was admitted to hospital after premature amniotic ...

Background and aim: HLA alleles are associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and a spectrum of risk can be from increased to neutral or to protective. We aimed to evaluate the association of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) with DRB1* gene’s alleles among T1D.Methods: The case – control pilot study included 70 patients with T1D at the age 18-54 years. 36 patients with CAN were assigned to the case group and 34 patients without CAN – ...