Ayça Altincik, Fahri Karaca, Hüseyin Onay
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is a relatively rare form of 46,XY disorder of sex development caused by the failure of formation, release or action of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in intrauterine life. In this report we describe a case diagnosed with PMDS with a novel homozygous mutation in the AMH gene …
Gregory Tsoucalas, Marianna Karamanou
Dear Editor, In congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (cNDI), polyuria and polydipsia are present from birth, as the kidney is unable to concentrate urine despite elevated concentrations of the antidiuretic hormone arginine-vasopressin. In ancient Greek medicine, physiology was, needless, to say, an as yet fairly undeveloped specialty among medico-philosophers …
Vasiliki Vasileiou, Georgios K. Markantes, Anastasia K. Armeni, Konstantina Barouti, Angeliki Georgopoulou, Neoklis A. Georgopoulos
Dear Editor, In Greek mythology, Melampus, son of Amythaon was a seer and healer. His name means “black foot” or “man with the black feet” as, according to the legend, when he was a neonate he was left by his mother with his feet exposed to the bright sun. Being the Greek prototype of the shaman, he was, according to Herodotus, the introducer of the worship of Dionysus and the creator of an entire school of magic …