Adult idiopathic isolated ACTH deficiency: a short series and literature review.

Case Reports 2013; 34(7): 693-700 PubMed PMID: 24463998 Keywords: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone:blood, Aged, Endocrine System Diseases:blood, Female, Genetic Diseases, Inborn:blood, Glucocorticoids:therapeutic use, Humans, Hydrocortisone:blood, Hypoglycemia:blood, Hyponatremia:blood, Male, Middle Aged, Prednisone:therapeu.

OBJECTIVES: Adult idiopathic isolated ACTH deficiency (AIIAD) is an underestimated disorder which is frequently misdiagnosed. We presented.....

Alterations of reproductive hormones and receptors of male rats at the winter and summer solstices and the effects of pinealectomy.

Journal Article 2013; 34(2): 143-153 PubMed PMID: 23645312 Keywords: Animals, Circadian Rhythm:physiology, Male, Photoperiod, Pineal Gland:metabolism, Pituitary Gland:metabolism, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Seasons, Testis:metabolism, Testosterone:metabolism,.

BACKGROUND: Photoperiodic changes mediate certain physiological or pathological alterations in organisms. Solstices represent either the l.....

Journal Article 2010; 31(6): 747-753 PubMed PMID: 21196923 Keywords: Anisotropy, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity:diagnosis, Case-Control Studies, Child, Cognition, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Executive Function, Female, Frontal Lobe:pathology, Functional Laterality, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests,.

UNLABELLED: Abnormalities of frontal white matter (WM) have been found in some children with ADHD. The purpose of this study was to explor.....

Case Reports 2010; 31(5): 588-593 PubMed PMID: 21173753 Keywords: Adolescent, Antidiuretic Agents:therapeutic use, Arginine Vasopressin:agonists, Deamino Arginine Vasopressin:therapeutic use, Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic:blood, Diagnosis, Differential, Drinking, Humans, Hypernatremia:blood, Male, Osmolar Concentration.

OBJECTIVES: Essential hypernatremia is very rare in clinical practice and the pathogenesis is unclear. We performed a set of clinical test.....

Comparative Study 2010; 31(1): 147-154 PubMed PMID: 20150876 Keywords: Acromegaly:etiology, Adenoma:complications, Adult, Female, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits:genetics, Ghrelin:genetics, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma:complications, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, RNA, Messenger:metabolism, Receptors, .

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the ghrelin or GHSR-1a mRNA levels and clinical character.....

Journal Article 2007; 28(6): 807-810 PubMed PMID: 18063948 Keywords: Adolescent, Adult, Area Under Curve, Blood Glucose:metabolism, Body Mass Index, Chi-Square Distribution, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2:blood, Energy Metabolism:physiology, Fasting:blood, Female, Glucose Tolerance Test, Homeostasis:physiology, Humans, Insulin:.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical and metabolic characteristics of large-scale Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
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