Stelios Fountoulakis,1 Labrini Papanastasiou,1 Alexandros Gryparis,2 Athina Markou,2 George Piaditis1 1Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, “G. Gennimatas”, General Hospital of Athens; 2Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens Medical School; Athens, Greece Abstract OBJECTIVE: To monitor and control the blood glucose levels in inefficiently insulin-treated patients with type 1 Read More
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Identification of an AVP-NPII mutation within the AVP moiety in a family with neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus: review of the literature
Costas Koufaris,1 Angelos Alexandrou,1 Carolina Sismani,1 Nicos Skordis2 1Department of Cytogenetics and Genomics, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics; 2Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Paedi Center for Specialized Pediatrics; Nicosia, Cyprus Abstract Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (FNDI) is a disorder characterized by excess excretion of diluted urine (polyuria) and increased uptake of fluids (polydipsia). The disorder Read More
The efficacy and safety of the naltrexone/bupropion combination for the treatment of obesity: an update
Georgios A. Christou, Dimitrios N. Kiortsis Laboratory of Physiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece Abstract OBJECTIVE: The combination of 32 mg naltrexone and 360 mg bupropion prolonged release (NB32) was recently approved by both the food and drug administration (FDA) and the European medicines agency (EMA) as an adjunct to a comprehensive lifestyle Read More
Clinical and biochemical responses after Gamma Knife surgery for a dopamine-secreting paraganglioma: case report
Constantin Tuleasca,1,2,9 Yves Jaquet,3 Valerie Schweizer,3 Laura Negretti,4 Vera Magaddino,5,9 Philippe Maeder,6,9 Karim-Alexandre Abid,8,9 Benoit Lhermitte,7,9 Eric Grouzmann,*8,9 Marc Levivier,*1,9*These authors contributed equally to this work 1Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Neurosurgery Service and Gamma Knife Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV); 2Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; 3Department of Otolaryngology, Head Read More
Callo: The first known case of ambiguous genitalia to be surgically repaired in the history of Medicine, described by Diodorus Siculus
Georgios K. Markantes,1 Efthimios Deligeoroglou,2 Anastasia K. Armeni,1 Vasiliki Vasileiou,3 Christina Damoulari,1 Angelina Mandrapilia,1 Fotini Kosmopoulou,1 Varvara Keramisanou,1 Danai Georgakopoulou,1 George Creatsas,2 Neoklis A. Georgopoulos1 1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras; 22nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Pediatric, Adolescent Gynecology and Reconstructive Surgery, University Read More
Thyroid hemiagenesis, Graves’ disease and differentiated thyroid cancer: a very rare association: case report and review of literature
Alfredo Campennì,1 Salvatore Giovinazzo,2 Lorenzo Curtò,2 Ernesto Giordano,3 Maria Trovato,4 Rosaria M. Ruggeri,2 Sergio Baldari1 1Department of Biomedical Sciences and of Morphological and Functional Images, Unit of Nuclear Medicine, 2Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, University of Messina, Messina; 3Unit of Endocrinology, Hospital of Scilla, Reggio Calabria, Calabria; 4Department of Pathology, University Read More
Intractable hypoglycaemia in a patient with advanced carcinoid syndrome successfully treated with hepatic embolization
Angelos Kyriacou,1 Was Mansoor,2 Jeremy Lawrance,3 Peter J. Trainer1 1Department of Endocrinology; 2Department of Medical Oncology; 3Department of Radiology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre; Manchester; UK Abstract A male patient presented at the age of 54 years with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (NET). He was managed with interferon and multiple Read More
Ketonemia and ketonuria in gestational diabetes mellitus
Loukia Spanou,1 Kalliopi Dalakleidi,2 Konstantia Zarkogianni,2 Anastasia Papadimitriou,1 Konstantina Nikita,2 Vasiliki Vasileiou,1 Maria Alevizaki,1 EleniAnastasiou1 1Diabetes Center, 1st Endocrine Section, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, 2Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece Abstract BACKGROUND: The use of capillary blood 3-β-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) is a more precise method than urine ketones measurement Read More
Presence of the RET Cys634Tyr mutation and Gly691Ser functional polymorphism in Iranian families with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A
Maryam Nasiri Aghdam,1 Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan,2 Alireza Tafazoli,1 Mohammad Aslzare,3 Zohreh Mosavi3 1Medical Genetics Research Center, Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicena Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 3Endocrine Research Center, Imam Reza/Ghaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Read More
Landmarks in the history of adrenal surgery
Marios Papadakis,1,2 Andreas Manios,3 Georgios Schoretsanitis,3 Constantinos Trompoukis2 1Department of Endocrine Surgery, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University Hospital Witten-Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany, 2Department of History of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, 3Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece Sir, The last 100 years have seen a revolution in the understanding of adrenal disease Read More