Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The aim was to compare the effectiveness of the bromocriptine and cabergoline treatment of the women with microprolactinomas.Materials and methods: 82 women with microprolactinomas were included in this study (51 patients received bromocriptine (Group 1) and 31 – cabergoline (Group 2)) with MRI-control after the first year of treatment (11 women from Group 1; 7 – from Group 2), the second (27 women from Group 1; 15 – from Group ...

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a clinical condition which is ideal for evaluating short-term effects of impaired glucose metabolism, ruling out the possibility that the platelet abnormalities are a consequence of diabetic complications.The aim of this study was to measure the velocity of platelet disaggregation and the activation of the platelet second messengers cGMP and cAMP by sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and ATP, respectively, in vitro i...