Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Resistin is a peptide hormone that is secreted from fat cells and its secretion is regulated from hormonal and dietary factors. In hypothyroid patients its levels are decreased.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the levels of circulating resistin in hypothyroid patients before and after thyroid function is normalized with thyroxin therapy.Materials and methods: Twenty (20) hypothyroid patients (2M, 18F) mean age...