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  1. The shapes of the plasma glucose concentration curve during the oral glucose tolerance test are related to different metabolic risk profiles and future risk of type 2 DM. We sought to further analyze the relat...

    Authors: Leonardo de Andrade Mesquita, Luciana Pavan Antoniolli, Giordano Fabricio Cittolin-Santos and Fernando Gerchman

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:56

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  2. Here we study the effect of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) on bone cell precursors, turnover and cytokines involved in the control of bone cell formation and activity.

    Authors: Francesca Sassi, Ilaria Buondonno, Chiara Luppi, Elena Spertino, Emanuela Stratta, Marco Di Stefano, Marco Ravazzoli, Gianluca Isaia, Marina Trento, Pietro Passera, Massimo Porta, Giovanni Carlo Isaia and Patrizia D’Amelio

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:55

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  3. To compare the accuracy of different obesity indexes, including waist circumference (WC), weight-to-height ratio (WHtR), body mass index (BMI), and lipid accumulation product (LAP), in predicting metabolic syn...

    Authors: Leilei Liu, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Zhaoxia Yin, Honghui Li, Kunpeng Deng, Xu Chen, Cheng Cheng, Xinping Luo, Ming Zhang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Yang Zhao, Dechen Liu…

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:54

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  4. Diabetic foot ulceration is a serious limb-threatening complication of diabetes. It is the common cause of hospital admissions and amputations.

    Authors: Bilal Bin Younis, Adeela Shahid, Rozina Arshad, Saima Khurshid, Muhammad Ahmad and Haroon Yousaf

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:53

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  5. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a serious metabolic disease that is often associated with vascular complications. There are 1.9 million people living with Diabetes in Ethiopia; diabetes mellitus is found to be the...

    Authors: Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Asrat Atsedeweyen, Addisu Jember, Tadesse Awoke, Malede Mequanent, Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye and Shitaye Alemu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:52

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  6. The Ki-67 index in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) may change throughout the disease course. However, the definitive effect of Ki-67 variability on GEP-NENs remains unknown. The aims...

    Authors: Huiying Shi, Qin Zhang, Chaoqun Han, Ding Zhen and Rong Lin

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:51

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  7. Diabetes in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and the people of Appalachia have been disproportionately affected by this disease. Strategies that complement standard diabetes care are critical...

    Authors: Elizabeth A. Beverly, Jane Hamel-Lambert, Laura L. Jensen, Sue Meeks and Anne Rubin

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:50

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  8. Glycaemic control is one of the most effective strategies for the treatment of diabetes-related erectile dysfunction (DMED). Compared to conventional anti-diabetic drugs and insulin, islet transplantation is m...

    Authors: Zhigang Wu, Hongwei Wang, Fubiao Ni, Xuan Jiang, Ziqiang Xu, Chengyang Liu, Yong Cai, Hongxing Fu, Jiao Luo, Wenwei Chen, Bicheng Chen and Zhixian Yu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:49

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  9. Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem. Vitamin D supplements are used to improve vitamin D status; however, there are contradictory data related to what doses to give and how often they should be giv...

    Authors: Mahmut Apaydin, Asli Gencay Can, Muhammed Kizilgul, Selvihan Beysel, Seyfullah Kan, Mustafa Caliskan, Taner Demirci, Ozgur Ozcelik, Mustafa Ozbek and Erman Cakal

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:48

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  10. Optimal glycaemia, reflected by glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, is key in reducing type 2 diabetes (T2D) complications. However, most people with T2D have suboptimal recall and understanding of HbA1c. Con...

    Authors: Mei Lyn Tan, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Sharmala Thuraisingam, Alicia Jenkins, David O’Neal and John Furler

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:47

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  11. Papillary thyroid carcinoma with pleomorphic tumor giant cells (PTC-PC) is characterized by the occurrence of bizarre, pleomorphic cells within a small area of a conventional PTC. The histologic distinction be...

    Authors: Johan O. Paulsson, Jan Zedenius and C. Christofer Juhlin

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:46

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  12. Incidence of dementia is growing rapidly and affects many people worldwide. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) might link cognitive decline and dementia, but the reasons for this association remain unclear. Our stu...

    Authors: Chun-Lin Liu, Ming-Yen Lin, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Ching-Kuan Liu, Huei-Lan Lee and Ming-Tsang Wu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:45

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  13. Vitamin D deficiency is pandemic while resources available to measure 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) are limited. The present study aimed to verify whether sun exposure measured by a structured questionnaire coul...

    Authors: Fernanda Barros Bittar, Charlles H. M. Castro and Vera Lúcia Szejnfeld

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:44

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  14. Diabetic foot is one of the most significant and devastating complication of diabetes. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) and the associated risk factors a...

    Authors: S. P. Vibha, Muralidhar M. Kulkarni, A. B. Kirthinath Ballala, Asha Kamath and G. Arun Maiya

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:43

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  15. The benefit results of postoperative tight glycemic control (TGC) were controversial and there was a lack of well-powered studies that support current guideline recommendations.

    Authors: Yuan-yuan Wang, Shuang-fei Hu, Hui-min Ying, Long Chen, Hui-li Li, Fang Tian and Zhen-feng Zhou

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:42

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  16. Pheochromocytoma, especially for noncatecholamine-secreting pheochromocytoma, is an extremely rare cause of ectopic corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) syndrome.

    Authors: Bao-Ping Wang, Lei-Lei Yang, Hao Wang, Qing He, Zhong-Shu Ma, Yi Lin, Chang-Xin Jiang, Hao-Ran Sun and Ming Liu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:41

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  17. Obesity and diabetes mellitus, or diabetes, are independently associated with post-ischemic stroke outcomes (e.g., functional disability and all-cause mortality). Although obesity and diabetes are also associated...

    Authors: Colleen Bauza, Sharon D. Yeatts, Keith Borg, Gayenell Magwood, Renee’ H. Martin, Anbesaw Selassie and Marvella E. Ford

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:40

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  18. The prevalence of childhood obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorder such as dyslipidemia has sharply increased in the past few decades. Chronic low-grade inflammation is associated with the development ...

    Authors: Yuesheng Liu, Dong Xu, Chunyan Yin, Sisi Wang, Min Wang and Yanfeng Xiao

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:39

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  19. Testosterone signals through the androgen receptor (AR) and AR knockout mice develop obesity, suggesting a functional association between AR and leptin signaling. Furthermore, physiological blood concentration...

    Authors: Koichi Yabiku, Keiko Nakamoto and Akihiro Tokushige

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:38

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  21. Nivolumab, an anti-programmed cell death-1 monoclonal antibody, has improved the survival of patients with malignant melanoma. Despite its efficacy, nivolumab inconsistently induces thyroid dysfunction as an i...

    Authors: Seiichi Yano, Kenji Ashida, Hiromi Nagata, Kenji Ohe, Naoko Wada, Yukina Takeichi, Yuki Hanada, Yuta Ibayashi, Lixiang Wang, Shohei Sakamoto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Uchi, Motoaki Shiratsuchi, Masutaka Furue, Masatoshi Nomura and Yoshihiro Ogawa

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:36

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  22. Hypoglycaemia is a feared experience for people with diabetes. We aimed to study the prevalence and causes of hypoglycaemia among Sri Lankans with diabetes.

    Authors: H. A. Dissanayake, G. S. P. Keerthisena, K. K. K. Gamage, J. H. Liyanage, I. R. H. S. Ihalagama, W. M. U. A. Wijetunga, T. A. D. Tillekaratne, G. W. Katulanda and P. Katulanda

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:35

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  23. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. Diabetes is a chronic disease associated with micro- and macro-vascular complications and deterioration in general health status. Therefore, t...

    Authors: Masoud Behzadifar, Rahim Sohrabi, Roghayeh Mohammadibakhsh, Morteza Salemi, Sharare Taheri Moghadam, Masood Taheri Mirghaedm, Meysam Behzadifar, Hamid Reza Baradaran and Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:34

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  24. Screening for risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an important public health issue. Previous studies report that fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and triglyceride (TG)-related indices, such as lipid accumul...

    Authors: Joung-Won Lee, Nam-Kyoo Lim and Hyun-Young Park

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:33

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  25. Diabetes mellitus is usually preceded by a pre-diabetic stage before the clinical presentation of the disease, the influence of which on persons’ quality of life is not adequately elucidated. The purpose of th...

    Authors: Konstantinos Makrilakis, Stavros Liatis, Afroditi Tsiakou, Chryssoula Stathi, Eleftheria Papachristoforou, Despoina Perrea, Nicholas Katsilambros, Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos and Dimitrios Niakas

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:32

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  26. There is evidence that disparities exist in diabetes prevalence, access to diabetes care, diabetes-related complications, and the quality of diabetes care. A wide range of interventions has been implemented an...

    Authors: Natalie Terens, Simona Vecchi, Anna Maria Bargagli, Nera Agabiti, Zuzana Mitrova, Laura Amato and Marina Davoli

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:31

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  27. This study aimed to detect changes in hormone levels in the hypothalamic–pituitary–ovarian axis in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with hypothyroidism, and identify differences in the pregnancy and abortion rates of ...

    Authors: Jianran Sun, Cancan Hui, Tongjia Xia, Min Xu, Datong Deng, Faming Pan and Youmin Wang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:30

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  28. Thyroid hormones are known to have direct and indirect effects on metabolism. Individuals with metabolic syndrome, a disease that is growing in incidence at a rapid rate, are at higher risk for cardiovascular ...

    Authors: Jieun Jang, Youngsook Kim, Jaeyong Shin, Sang Ah Lee, Young Choi and Eun-Cheol Park

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:29

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  29. The diagnosis of atypical non-autoimmune forms of diabetes mellitus, such as maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) presents several challenges, in view of the extensive clinical and genetic heterogeneity...

    Authors: Nikolai Paul Pace, Johann Craus, Alex Felice and Josanne Vassallo

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:28

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  30. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) presents the most serious health problems and contributes to the increased mortality in young women with Turner syndrome. Arterial hypertension in Turner syndrome patients is signi...

    Authors: Ji Yeon Shin, Bo Hyun Kim, Young Keum Kim, Tae Hwa Kim, Eun Heui Kim, Min Jin Lee, Jong Ho Kim, Yun Kyung Jeon, Sang Soo Kim and In Joo Kim

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:27

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  31. Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4), a protein secreted by adipocytes and bound in plasma to transthyretin (TTR), has been associated with obesity, the early phase of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and t...

    Authors: Karunee Kwanbunjan, Pornpimol Panprathip, Chanchira Phosat, Noppanath Chumpathat, Naruemon Wechjakwen, Somchai Puduang, Ratchada Auyyuenyong, Ina Henkel and Florian J. Schweigert

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:26

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  32. Recent epidemiological studies have suggested inverse associations between vitamin D status and metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The aim of this study was to examine whether a higher serum ...

    Authors: Danting Li, Haoche Wei, Hongmei Xue, Jieyi Zhang, Mengxue Chen, Yunhui Gong and Guo Cheng

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:25

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  33. Cushing’s syndrome in humans shares many similarities with its counterpart in dogs in terms of etiology (pituitary versus adrenal causes), clinical signs, and pathophysiologic sequelae. In both species, treatm...

    Authors: Daniel K. Langlois, Michele C. Fritz, William D. Schall, N. Bari Olivier, Rebecca C. Smedley, Paul G. Pearson, Marc B. Bailie and Stephen W. Hunt III

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:24

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  34. 11β-Hydroxylase deficiency (11OHD) is a common form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia that has been shown to result from inactivating CYP11B1 mutations, and pathogenic CYP11B2/CYP11B1 chimeras contribute to a min...

    Authors: Lian Duan, Rufei Shen, Lingyu Song, Yong Liao and Hongting Zheng

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:23

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  35. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent Cushing’s syndrome (CS) with bilateral cortisol-secreting adenomas has been rarely reported in the literatures. Precise recognition and management of this disorde...

    Authors: Jia Wei, Sheyu Li, Qilin Liu, Yuchun Zhu, Nianwei Wu, Ying Tang, Qianrui Li, Kaiyun Ren, Qianying Zhang, Yerong Yu, Zhenmei An, Jing Chen and Jianwei Li

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:22

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  36. To our knowledge, no reports are available indicating the effects of synbiotic supplementation on hormonal status, biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome (PC...

    Authors: Khadijeh Nasri, Mehri Jamilian, Elham Rahmani, Fereshteh Bahmani, Maryam Tajabadi-Ebrahimi and Zatollah Asemi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:21

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  37. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a potential consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), including sport-related concussion (SRC). GH stimulation testing is required for definitive diagnosis; however, this ...

    Authors: Kirstie Lithgow, Alex Chin, Chantel T. Debert and Gregory A. Kline

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:20

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  38. Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome (EAS) is caused by tumours releasing ACTH. Ectopic ACTH-producing tumour regression is rarely induced using steroidogenesis inhibitors. We presented a case o...

    Authors: Hideyuki Iwayama, Sho Hirase, Yuka Nomura, Tatsuo Ito, Hiroyuki Morita, Kazuo Otake, Akihisa Okumura and Junko Takagi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:19

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  39. Here, we report a case of central pontine demyelinization in a type-2 diabetes patient with hyperglycemia after a binge-eating attack in the absence of a relevant hyponatremia.

    Authors: Rainer U. Pliquett, Arno Noll, Richard Ibe, Alexandra Katz, Charlotte Ackmann, Alexandra Schreiber and Matthias Girndt

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:18

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  40. Thyroid nodules are highly prevalent, but a robust, feasible method for malignancy differentiation has not yet been well documented. This study aimed to establish a practical model for thyroid nodule discrimin...

    Authors: Jia Liu, Dongmei Zheng, Qiang Li, Xulei Tang, Zuojie Luo, Zhongshang Yuan, Ling Gao and Jiajun Zhao

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:17

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  41. The evaluation of metabolic syndrome in a society predisposed to the diabetes mellitus epidemic opens a new avenue to understanding this rapidly growing global metabolic problem. Although Saudi Arabia reports ...

    Authors: Khalid Al-Rubeaan, Nahla Bawazeer, Yousuf Al Farsi, Amira M. Youssef, Abdulrahman A. Al-Yahya, Hamid AlQumaidi, Basim M. Al-Malki, Khalid A. Naji, Khalid Al-Shehri and Fahd I. Al Rumaih

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:16

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  42. The aim of this study was to quantify the association of Val109Asp polymorphism of intelectin 1 (ITLN1) gene with the abdominal obesity (AO) in Kyrgyz population.

    Authors: Jainagul Isakova, Elnura Talaibekova, Denis Vinnikov, Nazira Aldasheva, Erkin Mirrakhimov and Almaz Aldashev

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:15

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  43. Impaired insulin activity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome might differ from that seen in type 2 diabetes mellitus without polycystic ovary syndrome. This study was designed to compare the effects of tr...

    Authors: Tao Tao, Peihong Wu, Yuying Wang and Wei Liu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:14

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  44. Intravenous glucocorticoids (ivGC) have been recommended as a first-line treatment of moderate-to-severe and active thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). However, not all patients are responsive to ivGC. Th...

    Authors: Yang Wang, Shuo Zhang, Yidan Zhang, Xingtong Liu, Hao Gu, Sisi Zhong, Yazhuo Huang, Sijie Fang, Jing Sun, Huifang Zhou and Xianqun Fan

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:13

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  45. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) enables users to view real-time interstitial glucose readings and provides information on the direction and rate of change of blood glucose levels. Users can also access his...

    Authors: J. Lawton, M. Blackburn, J. Allen, F. Campbell, D. Elleri, L. Leelarathna, D. Rankin, M. Tauschmann, H. Thabit and R. Hovorka

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:12

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  46. Many studies have reported associations between estrogen receptor (ER) gene polymorphisms and postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) risk and bone mineral density (BMD), but the results are controversial. The aim ...

    Authors: Heping Zhu, Jiannong Jiang, Qiang Wang, Jun Zong, Liang Zhang, Tieliang Ma, Youjia Xu and Leiyan Zhang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:11

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  47. The adverse effects of growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) in adults (AGHD) on metabolism and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can be improved with GH substitution. This investigation aimed to design a ...

    Authors: Peter H. Kann, Simona Bergmann, Martin Bidlingmaier, Christina Dimopoulou, Birgitte T. Pedersen, Günter K. Stalla, Matthias M. Weber and Stefanie Meckes-Ferber

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:10

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  48. Limited real-world data are currently available on hypoglycemia in diabetes patients. The International Operations Hypoglycemia Assessment Tool (IO HAT) study was designed to estimate hypoglycemia in insulin-t...

    Authors: Rıfat Emral, Tamer Tetiker, Ibrahim Sahin, Ramazan Sari, Ahmet Kaya, İlhan Yetkin, Sefika Uslu Cil and Neslihan Başcıl Tütüncü

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:9

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  49. Ultrasensitive assays to measure pre-pubertal gonadotropins levels could help identify patients with Turner syndrome (TS) in mid-childhood, but studies in this field are scarce. The aim of this study was to an...

    Authors: Stela Carpini, Annelise Barreto Carvalho, Sofia Helena Valente de Lemos-Marini, Gil Guerra-Junior and Andréa Trevas Maciel-Guerra

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:8

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  50. Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a debilitating autoimmune orbital disease that is often a result of Graves’ disease. Dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) is a rare but sight-threatening manifestation of TED with the...

    Authors: Shuo Zhang, Yang Wang, Sisi Zhong, Xingtong Liu, Yazhuo Huang, Sijie Fang, Ai Zhuang, Yinwei Li, Jing Sun, Huifang Zhou and Xianqun Fan

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 18:7

    Content type: Case report

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