Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Oxidative stress is one of the possible mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of the obesity-related metabolic complication. In this study, we aimed to investigate effect of weight loss with bariatric surgery on IMA, high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), serum total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS) levels.Materials and methods: In this prospective study, plasma IMA, hs-CRP, TAS and TOS levels were measured before...

The treatment of hypothyroidism is straightforward,replacing with orally L-thyroxine(LT4).However,some factors including malabsorption,pancreas and liver disorders,drug interactions,etc.,may impair the absorption of LT4,and cause therapy failures.In these circumstances,high doses of different oral formulae or parenterally given LT4 may be a solution. Here,we present a case of primary hypothyroidism,resistant to high doses of oral LT4 replacement but,responsive parenteral LT4 a...

Background: Treatment of vitamin D deficiency orinappropriate vitamin D supplementation may cause side effects associated with hypercalcemia. We observed a tendency to use very high single dose cholecalciferol for treatment of vitamin D deficiency.Aim: The primary aim of this study was to examine the clinical characteristics of patientswith very high serum 25OHD levels of vitamin D toxicity in Turkey.Materials and methods: An invit...