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A rare case of Swyer syndrome from Pakistan in a young girl with primary amenorrhea and 46XY genotype

Women's Health, 2023
Swyer syndrome is a condition where individuals with a 46XY karyotype, typically associated with males, display complete gonadal dysgenesis and lack testicular differentiation.
Inshal Jawed, Ayesha Azhar Javed, Syeda Alisha Johar, Daayl N Mirza, Ayesha A Abdani, Asad Ali Khan   +5 more
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Weight Changes in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma during Postoperative Long-Term Follow-up under Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Suppression [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015
BackgroundThere are limited data about whether patients who receive initial treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) gain or lose weight during long-term follow-up under thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression.
Seo Young Sohn, Ji Young Joung, Yoon Young Cho, Sun Mi Park, Sang Man Jin, Jae Hoon Chung, Sun Wook Kim   +6 more
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Role of female sex hormones, estradiol and progesterone, in mast cell behaviour

Frontiers in Immunology, 2012
Female sex hormones have long been suspected to have an effect on mast cell (MC) behaviour. This assumption is based on the expression of hormone receptors in MCs as well as on the fact that many MC-related pathophysiological alterations have a different
Oliver eZierau, Ana Claudia Zenclussen, Federico eJensen   +2 more
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Somatropin therapy in italian adults with growth hormone deficiency

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2022
Background In adult population, Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) is a complex clinical condition with heterogeneity of causes and duration. Growth Hormone (GH) replacement therapy has beneficial effects entailing a chronic and expensive use.
Flavia Pricci, Daniela Rotondi, Marika Villa, Arianna Valerio, Elvira Agazio, Paolo Roazzi   +5 more
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Approach to transgender individuals

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017
Background Trans-sexualism is the desire to be a member of the opposite sex during normal somatic sexual development. In this study, we would like to share our endocrinological approach and general clinical features of the patients with gender identity ...
Nilufer O Kutbay, Banu S Yurekli, Emine K Baykan, Nazli B Ozbaran, Hayriye Elbi, Fusun Saygili   +5 more
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Sex Plays a Multifaceted Role in Asthma Pathogenesis

Biomolecules, 2022
Sex is considered an important risk factor for asthma onset and exacerbation. The prevalence of asthma is higher in boys than in girls during childhood, which shows a reverse trend after puberty—it becomes higher in adult females than in adult males.
Tomomitsu Miyasaka, Kaori Dobashi-Okuyama, Kaori Kawakami, Chiaki Masuda-Suzuki, Motoaki Takayanagi, Isao Ohno   +5 more
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Features of the natural course of subclinical hypothyroidism in young athletes

Спортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2023
Objective: to assess the natural course of subclinical hypothyroidism in young athletes.Methods: In the prospective single-center uncontrolled study, data from 3,062 outpatient records of young athletes (members of the Russian national team) of both ...
S. А. Stolyarova, P. L. Okorokov, I. V. Zyabkin, E. V. Babaeva, E. P. Isaeva   +4 more
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Effects of acute aerobic exercise on arterial stiffness in transgender men

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in transgender men (TM) results in side effects such as elevated triglycerides and increased arterial stiffness. Exercise may be useful to ameliorate such effects, but no studies have examined the effects of acute ...
Mizuki Yamada, Mizuki Yamada, Hyunjun Gam, Nodoka Ikegami, Nodoka Ikegami, Yuriko Nishikawa, Akira Ishikawa, Akiko Funaki, Tomoka Matsuda, Kayoko Kamemoto, Yuto Hashimoto, Takanobu Okamoto, Hiroki Yamazaki, Hirotoshi Tanaka, Mikako Sakamaki-Sunaga   +14 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in a Transgender Male: Is Intracranial Hypertension Hormonally Mediated?

Case Reports in Neurology
Introduction: The pathophysiology of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is not fully characterized, and less is known about its development in transgender patients.
Isaac Smith, Raissa Aoun, Rebecca Lalchan   +2 more
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Navigating a Case of Swyer Syndrome with Congenital Heart Disease

Heart Views
A 38-year-old female underwent septal closure for a large ostium secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) as she had progressive dyspnea. She was also found to have primary amenorrhea, for which she was evaluated.
K. Subramanyam, Dilip Johny, Amita Rao, Aditya Ojha   +3 more
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