BMC Endocrine Disorders

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Amar Agha and Aoife Garrahy review diagnosis of patients with suspected hypopituitarism and highlight the need to carefully consider which diagnostic test to use and to ensure results are interpreted within the wider clinical context

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Elevated C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor alpha and glycemic load associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural Thais: a cross-sectional study

Chanchira Phosat, Pornpimol Panprathip, Noppanath Chumpathat, Pattaneeya Prangthip, Narisara Chantratita, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Somchai Puduang and Karunee Kwanbunjan

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Endocannabinoid receptor blockade reduces alanine aminotransferase in polycystic ovary syndrome independent of weight loss

Alison J. Dawson, Eric S. Kilpatrick, Anne-Marie Coady, Abeer M. M. Elshewehy, Youssra Dakroury, Lina Ahmed, Stephen L. Atkin and Thozhukat Sathyapalan

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Metabolic characteristics of individuals at a high risk of type 2 diabetes – a comparative cross-sectional study

Josefin Henninger, Araz Rawshani, Ann Hammarstedt and Björn Eliasson

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Clinicopathological features and prognosis of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in a Chinese population: a large, retrospective single-centre study

Meng Zhang, Ping Zhao, Xiaodan Shi, Ahong Zhao, Lianfeng Zhang and Lin Zhou

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Health-related quality of life in type-2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional study in East China

You Lu, Ningjian Wang, Yi Chen, Xiaomin Nie, Qin Li, Bing Han, Yingchao Chen, Fangzhen Xia, Zhen Cang, Meng Lu, Ying Meng and Yingli Lu

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Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) cut-off values and the metabolic syndrome in a general adult population: effect of gender and age: EPIRCE cross-sectional study

Pilar Gayoso-Diz, Alfonso Otero-González, María Xosé Rodriguez-Alvarez, Francisco Gude, Fernando García, Angel De Francisco and Arturo González Quintela

Published on: 16 October 2013
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Extremely short duration high intensity interval training substantially improves insulin action in young healthy males

John A Babraj, Niels BJ Vollaard, Cameron Keast, Fergus M Guppy, Greg Cottrell and James A Timmons

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Agrarian diet and diseases of affluence – Do evolutionary novel dietary lectins cause leptin resistance?

Tommy Jönsson, Stefan Olsson, Bo Ahrén, Thorkild C Bøg-Hansen, Anita Dole and Staffan Lindeberg

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Pediatric reference intervals for thyroid hormone levels from birth to adulthood: a retrospective study

Klaus Kapelari, Christine Kirchlechner, Wolfgang Högler, Katharina Schweitzer, Irene Virgolini and Roy Moncayo

Published on: 27 November 2008
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The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity in Europe: a collaborative analysis of ten large cohort studies

Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Marja-Liisa Nuotio, Sandra N Slagter, Dany Doiron, Krista Fischer, Luisa Foco, Amadou Gaye, Martin Gögele, Margit Heier, Tero Hiekkalinna, Anni Joensuu, Christopher Newby, Chao Pang, Eemil Partinen, Eva Reischl, Christine Schwienbacher…

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BMC Endocrine Disorders is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of endocrine disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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Tim Shipley, BioMed Central

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Amar Agha, Beaumont Hospital
Stavros Liatis, Laiko Hospital
Abd Tahrani, University of Birmingham

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