Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The study was a single-center, open label, randomized, head-to-head clinical study to compare the mucosal findings after perform esophagogastroduodenoscopy between two groups before and after use of alendronate only and enterocoating alendronate (5 mg) with calcitriol (0.5 μg) combined drug (Maxmarvil).Methods: The 33 postmenopausal healthy volunteers, aged 50–70 years (mean age: 58±5 years) without gastrointestinal symptoms ...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of free fatty acids (FFAs) on the regulation of plasma and adipose tissue mRNA adiponectin expression in lean and obese subjects.Methods: Seven obese men (31.3±1.1 kg/m2) and eight lean men (21.3±0.4 kg/m2) were studied. Subjects received an Intralipid 20% infusion over 180-min with sodium heparin. Blood sampling and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue biopsy were taken before and after...

Introduction: Prolactinomas are the commonest type of secretory pituitary tumours. In current practice, dopamine agonists (DA) remain the mainstay treatment. However, treating physicians are increasingly aware of DA-associated impulse control disorders (ICD) in their patients. We describe 4 individuals with prolactinomas, who either developed ICD on DA or deemed at ‘high risk’, successfully managed surgically with preservation of pituitary function. All decisions for...