Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Common polymorphisms of the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) is known to associate with increased obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2. This was the first study to investigate the association between the rs9939609 FTO gene polymorphism and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Turkish women.Patients and methods: The case-control study included 203 gestational diabetes and 191 non-diabetic pregnant controls. Anthropometric and bio...

Introduction: Mutations on menin gene are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.Case report: Thirty-five year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with history of recurrent syncope episodes for 5 years which were attributed to hypoglycemia. In physical examination, he had obesity and multiple papillamatous skin lesions on his abdominal region. He had no family history of similar symptoms. His laboratory eveluation was consistent wi...