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Diabetic nephropathy is the most frequent cause of terminal kidney failure in industrialized countries. In addition, the manifestation of diabetic nephropathy is associated with a poor prognosis for affected patients. Current therapies are based on established pathophysiological models. However, des...
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PMID: 20658438
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Preterm Infants' survival has greatly increased in the last few decades thanks to the improvement in obstetrical and neonatal care. These neonates constitute the large majority of the population in neonatal intensive care units. The correct evaluation of postnatal growth of these babies is nowadays...
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PMID: 21089723
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Disorder of sex development (DSD) presents a unique challenge, both diagnostically and in terms of acute and longer-term management. These are relatively rare conditions usually requiring a multidisciplinary approach from the outset and the involvement of a tertiary centre for assessment and managem...
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PMID: 20541156
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BACKGROUND: In light of the recent octuplet birth and the accompanying intensive media coverage, there has been much attention on high order multiple births resulting from assisted reproductive technology. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this commentary is to review 1) the relative contribution of ART to...
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PMID: 20195899
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What clinical innovations will change the face of health care by 2020? The first of a two-part series predicts dramatic advances for diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
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PMID: 20464837
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Pioneer in the field of hormone therapy, Charles-Edward Brown-Séquard (1817-1894) tried to stop the effects of aging on his contemporaries by injecting animal testicle extracts. His therapy was very popular in the last years of the 19th century. He even had followers in the following century, among...
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PMID: 20167305
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We seek the expectable range of waist circumference (WC) for every degree of body mass index (BMI), which will serve to studies targeting ascertaining the health risk. We studied 2,932 patients (39.6% men and 60.4% women, between 18 and 96 years ) of the same ethnic group who consecutively attended...
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PMID: 20449536
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In such a complex scenario, it is remarkable that not all the reference service staff have a psychologist on duty. Difficulties to deal with questions involving sexuality were evident and dilation procedures are an additional source of trauma for these patients....
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PMID: 20126870
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The apparent submissiveness of patients/parents during consultations must be evaluated cautiously. University Hospitals outpatient clinic dynamics have a direct effect on this behavior: physicians do not talk openly with parents who in turn do not talk with their children, whereas patients chose to...
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PMID: 20126869
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Clinical practice varied among the endocrinologists surveyed, although a certain uniformity in relation to the main guidelines was observed. A tendency to request a greater number of diagnostic tests for initial hormone assessment and clinical follow-up was detected. Assessment, decision-making and...
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PMID: 20114014
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The decision tree in the management of PTMC is beginning at the time of surgery, and referral to endocrinology is associated with a more aggressive course. Younger age is predictive of RAI administration in the lowest-risk PTMC patients....
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PMID: 19653044
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Recent developments in the field of diabetes and endocrinology have led to greater understanding of the body's complex hormonal axes. This article reviews the latest significant treatments which have the potential to impact greatly on a wide variety of disease states in the not too distant future....
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PMID: 19886108
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Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem due to its increasing incidence in the general population and the morbidity and mortality associated with micro- and macrovascular complications. Patients with diabetes have a 2-5-fold increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral...
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PMID: 19631834
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We now have evidence that metabolic syndrome is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, polycystic ovarian disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and possibly some cancers. This review summarizes evidence in support of the relationship between metabolic syndrome and various cancers and possibl...
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PMID: 19284314
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These results show that the methodology of this course is an effective way to disseminate knowledge and that it contributes to doctors becoming more sensitive to daily problems faced by patients with diabetes melito concerning the acceptance of medical recommendations....
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PMID: 19578598
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Fatigue and stress-related illnesses often become diagnoses of exclusion after extensive investigation. 'Tired all the time' is a frequent reason for referral to the endocrine clinic, the implicit question being--is there a subtle endocrine pathology contributing to the patient's symptoms? Often ini...
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PMID: 19271598
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Compared to residents who did the rotation alone, residents who used COCOS during the rotation had significantly higher improvements in test scores (% increase in pre-post test scores +21.6 [standard deviation, SD, 8.0] vs. +5.9 [SD 6.8]; p < .001). Test score improvements were most pronounced for l...
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PMID: 19187554
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We report the case an asymptomatic patient who underwent left adrenalectomy for a incidentally discovered large, cystic adrenal tumor. The patient presented no hypertension before or during the intervention. The hystopatological exam revealed a pheochromocytoma, with signs suggesting malignancy. One...
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PMID: 20187478
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The role of a pediatrician in therapeutic management of eating disorders is intervention in life-threatening conditions, treatment of acute complications, differential diagnosis, nutritional treatment, prevention and management of late complications. Because of etiology and special way of treatment...
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PMID: 19485257
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Baris Akinci,
Tevfik Demir,
Serkan Yener,
Abdurrahman Comlekci,
Omer Binicier,
Ozhan Ozdogan,
Mustafa Secil,
Ali Sevinc,
Mehmet Ali Kocdor,
Firat Bayraktar,
Tulay Canda and
Sena Yesil
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A total of 156 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism due to a single adenoma were included. Of the 156 patients, 139 also underwent MIBI scan. Ultrasonography localized 102 parathyroid adenomas (65%). The accuracy of the ultrasonography was improved in patients who underwent endocrinologist-perf...
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PMID: 19211392
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