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Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pegvisomant for the treatment of acromegaly: a systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]
Background: Acromegaly, an orphan disease usually caused by a benign pituitary tumour, is characterised by hyper-secretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1).
A Colao+43 more
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DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Evaluation of bone fragility in endocrine disorders.
An underlying disease affecting bone health is present in up to 40% and 60% of osteoporotic post-menopausal women and men respectively. Among the disorders leading to a secondary form of osteoporosis, the endocrine diseases are highly represented.
C. Eller-Vainicher+7 more
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Background: The current study aimed to screen for relationships and different potential metabolic biomarkers involved between metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) in adolescents.
Sarang Jeong+3 more
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Clinical response to primary letrozole therapy in elderly patients with early breast cancer : possible role for p53 as a biomarker [PDF]
Primary tamoxifen therapy has been widely used to treat elderly women with ER-positive breast cancer in the past. Aromatase inhibitors may be more beneficial than tamoxifen when used as primary endocrine therapy in elderly patients.
Agarwal, Vijay+11 more
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MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Therapeutics of Vitamin D.
Objective The central role of vitamin D in bone health is well recognized. However, controversies regarding its clinical application remain. We therefore aimed to review the definition of hypovitaminosis D, the skeletal and extra-skeletal effects of ...
Peter R. Ebeling+11 more
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IntroductionPasireotide (PAS) is a novel somatostatin receptor ligands (SRL), used in controlling hormonal hypersecretion in both acromegaly and Cushing’s Disease (CD). In previous studies and meta-analysis, first-generation SRLs were reported to be able
Alessandro Mondin+17 more
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Pediatric thyroid disease: when is surgery necessary, and who should be operating on our children? [PDF]
Surgical diseases of the thyroid in the pediatric population represent a diverse set of both benign and malignant conditions. Overall, incidence is rare.
Breuer, Christopher+3 more
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Vitamin D for the Prevention of Disease: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.
BACKGROUND Numerous studies demonstrate associations between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and a variety of common disorders, including musculoskeletal, metabolic, cardiovascular, malignant, autoimmune, and infectious diseases ...
M. Demay+15 more
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Triple positive breast cancer. A distinct subtype? [PDF]
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and within the HER-2 positive subtype this is highly exemplified by the presence of substantial phenotypical and clinical heterogeneity, mostly related to hormonal receptor (HR) expression.
A. Cassano+19 more
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Treatment of endocrine diseases. [PDF]
Conn's syndrome, is rare but may be suspected in patients with hypertension and hypokalaemia. The hypertension is rarely severe and full investigation may be postponed until after pregnancy, when localisation procedures such as the use of radio labelled selenium cholesterol may be used without fear of affecting the fetus. Cushing's syndrome?Though rare,
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