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Communications Biology, 2019 Menopause is a critical window of susceptibility for its sensitivity to endocrine disrupting chemicals due to the decline of endogenous estrogen. Using a surgical menopausal (ovariectomized) mouse model, we assessed how mammary tissue was affected by ...
N. Kanaya +15 more
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COMPRENDO: Focus and approach [PDF]
, 2006 Tens of thousands of man-made chemicals are in regular use and discharged into the environment. Many of them are known to interfere with the hormonal systems in humans and wildlife.
Axel Allera +35 more
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Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019 OBJECTIVELoss of pituitary function due to nonfunctional pituitary adenoma (NFPA) may be due to compression of the pituitary gland. It has been proposed that the size of the gland and relative perioperative gland expansion may relate to recovery of ...
Maya Harary +8 more
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Environmental chemical exposures and breast cancer [PDF]
, 2016 As a hormone-sensitive condition with no single identifiable cause, breast cancer is a major health problem. It is characterized by a wide range of contributing factors and exposures occurring in different combinations and strengths across a lifetime ...
Plant, J, Stanley, E, Voulvoulis, N
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Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): an ideal fish-metazoan parasite model? [PDF]
, 2010 Since its use as a model to study metazoan parasite culture and in vitro development, the plerocercoid of the tapeworm, Ligula intestinalis, has served as a useful scientific tool to study a range of biological factors, particularly within its fish ...
Carter, V, Dufour, S, Hoole, D
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Macrophages in endocrine glands, with emphasis on pancreatic islets [PDF]
, 2016 We review here the macrophages found in endocrine tissues, placing emphasis on those residing in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas. The islets represent the endocrine organ where macrophages have been examined in great detail and where our own ...
Unanue, Emil R
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4: a new member of the MEN family
Endocrine Connections, 2023 Objective: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4 (MEN4) is caused by a CDKN1B germline mutation first described in 2006. Its estimated prevalence is le ss than one per million. The aim of this study was to define the disease characteristics.
Hélène Singeisen +9 more
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Langenbeck's archives of surgery (Print), 2015 BackgroundSporadic multiglandular disease (MGD) has been reported in literature in 8–33 % of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). This paper aimed to review controversies in the pathogenesis and management of sporadic MGD.MethodsA literature
M. Barczyński +3 more
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Post-Partum Pituitary Insufficiency and Livedo Reticularis Presenting a Diagnostic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting in Tanzania: A Case Report, Clinical Discussion and Brief Review of Existing Literature. [PDF]
, 2012 Pituitary disorders following pregnancy are an important yet under reported clinical entity in the developing world. Conversely, post partum panhypopituitarism has a more devastating impact on women in such settings due to high fertility rates, poor ...
A Cénac +27 more
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Mechanisms Mediating Environmental Chemical-Induced Endocrine Disruption in the Adrenal Gland
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2015 Humans are continuously exposed to hundreds of man-made chemicals that pollute the environment in addition to multiple therapeutic drug treatments administered throughout life.
D. B. Martinez-Arguelles +1 more
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