Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Vitamin D is a liposoluble molecule which takes part in calcium–phosphorous homeostasis of the human body. Its optimum levels according to SEIOMM range between 30 and 75 ng/ml. Being liposoluble substances they require the presence of biliar salts for their absorption; 80% is absorbed in the yeyune and in a lesser extent in the duodene. The correct concentration of vitamin D is of key significance in obesity, particularly its visceral type. An excessive body...

Objectives: To determine if a single intra- or peri-articular injection of corticosteroid for post-traumatic or microtraumatic skeleton injuries in healthy young subjects would induce a suppression of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and reactivity.Methods: 10 young healthy male sportsmen (28.8±2.5 years) received a single intra- or peri-articular injection of either cortivazol or betamethasone for post-traumatic or microtraumatic skeleto...