Somatotropinomas inadequately controlled with octreotide may over-respond to pasireotide: the importance of dose adjustment to achieve long-term biochemical control

HORMONES 2017, 16(1):84-91 DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1722 Ilan Shimon1, Wolfgang Saeger2, Luiz Eduardo Wildemberg3, Monica R. Gadelha3 1Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tiqva; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel 2Institute of Neuropathology, Hamburg University, Germany 3Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrine Unit, Medical School and Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Read More

Combined pituitary hormone deficiency in a girl with 48, XXXX and Rathke’s cleft cyst

HORMONES 2017, 16(1):92-98 DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1723 Surabhi Uppal1,2*, Youn Hee Jee1,2*, Marissa Lightbourne2, Joan C. Han3, Constantine A. Stratakis1,2 1Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA 2Pediatric endocrinology training program, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA *SU Read More

Hypophysis. From outgrowth, to ocular disorder to pituitary gland

HORMONES 2017, 16(1):99-100 DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1726 Konstantinos Laios1, George Androutsos2, Maria Piagkou3, Marilita M. Moschos1,2 11st Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 2Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Download PDF Address for correspondence: Konstantinos Laios PhD, 1 Athinodorou Read More

The male bride: a story of Sexual Female-to-Male Transformation at marriage from the Hellenistic period, recorded by Phlegon of Tralles

HORMONES 2017, 16(1):101-103 DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1724 Konstantina Barouti1, Georgios K. Markantes1, Anastasia K. Armeni1, Vasiliki Vasileiou2, Neoklis A. Georgopoulos1 1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece 21st Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes Centre, “Alexandra” Hospital, Athens, Greece Download PDF Address for correspondence: Neoklis A. Georgopoulos: Department of Obstetrics Read More

Hermaphroditism: an obsolete diagnosis?

HORMONES 2017, 16(1): 104-106 DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1725 Anastasios Tranoulis, Lina Michala 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens, Medical School, General Hospital “Alexandra”, Athens, Greece Download PDF Address for correspondence: Lina Michala MRCOG, PhD, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens, Medical School, “Alexandra”, 80 V. Sofias Avenue, P.C. 11528 Athens, Greece; Read More

Adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer: focus on metabolic complications

Vasileios Tzortzis,1 Michael Samarinas,1 Ioannis Zachos,1 Athanasios Oeconomou,1 Louis L. Pisters,2 Alexandra Bargiota3 1Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece, 2Department of Urology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, 3Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, School Read More

Novel insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying generalized glucocorticoid resistance and hypersensitivity syndromes

Nicolas C. Nicolaides,1,2 Evangelia Charmandari1,2 1Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece Abstract Glucocorticoids play Read More

Temozolomide therapy for resistant prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas and carcinomas: a systematic review

Mussa H. Almalki,1,2 Nora Nasser Aljoaib,3 Maha Jurais Alotaibi,3 Bayan Saloum Aldabas,3 Tayba Saleh Wahedi,1 Maswood M. Ahmad,1 Fahad Alshahrani4 1Obesity, Endocrine, and Metabolism Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Almareefa College for Science and Read More

PTH and PTHR1 in osteocytes. New insights into old partners

Maria P. Yavropoulou, Alexandros Michopoulos, John G. Yovos Laboratory of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Abstract Parathyroid hormone receptors are present in bone cells and play a crucial role in the maintenance of skeletal integrity, bone homeostasis and regulation of calcium and Read More