Articles by author - Andrzej Lewiński


Assessment of insulin-like growth factor-I serum concentration as a screening procedure in diagnosing children with short stature.

OBJECTIVES: Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) secretion is growth hormone (GH) dependent. However the data on using IGF-I assessment as.....

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Rearrangements of NTRK1 oncogene in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) represents an example of tumour with high incidence of oncogenic sequences, such as RET/PTC and Trk. B.....

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Genetic background of carcinogenesis in the thyroid gland.

: The process of carcinogenesis is permanently one of the most interesting and significant issues for researchers in different fields of m.....

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Effects of melatonin on the process of apoptosis in rat thyroid follicular cells.

OBJECTIVES: Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a normal component in the development of multicellular organisms and is essential for .....

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Increased lipid peroxidation in growth hormone-deficient adult patients.

OBJECTIVES: Growth hormone (GH) deficiency in adults is associated with a higher risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. It ha.....

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