Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: The effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake, a life-threatening event, on glycemic and lipid control in type 2 diabetic patients were examined. The influence of the DPP-IV inhibitors on glycemic and lipid levels was studied.Method: Three hundred fifty type 2 diabetes outpatients (age 63 years old) who followed careful diet regimen on a normal condition were divided into the two groups: the administrated group (A group), 175 patients who were ...

Background: Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is the gold standard test for identification of unilateral primary aldosteronism (PA) which is curable by surgery, but is a difficult procedure with low success rates. Rapid cortisol assays during AVS improved AVS success rates.Methods: We have developed a gold nanoparticles based immunochromatographic quick cortisol assay (QCA) in which cortisol concentration could be measured both quantitatively and semi-quantita...