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Acromegaly and the information gap: patient perceptions of the journey from primary to tertiary care
Endocrine Connections, 2020 Objective: Acromegaly is a rare condition and there is often a long path to diagnosis for many patients. We sought to explore patient’s perceptions a nd understanding of acromegaly, to examine the quality of communication and find gap s in the ...
Hei Yi Vivian Pak +5 more
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Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2020 Background Classical heterozygous pathogenic variants of the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene cause autosomal dominant familial partial lipodystrophy type 2 (FPLD2).
Utku Erdem Soyaltin +7 more
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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Effects on Endocrine Glands
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 In recent years, endocrine disrupting chemicals have gained interest in human physiopathology and more and more studies aimed to explain how these chemicals compounds affect endocrine system. In human populations, the majority of the studies point toward
Rosa Lauretta +4 more
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Thyroid Research, 2012 Background Thyroidectomy is a common surgical procedure, after which drains are placed routinely. This study aims to assess the benefits of placing postoperative drains, its complications and affects on postoperative stay, in thyroid lobectomy ...
Memon Zahid +4 more
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Unusual Suspects in the Development of Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance: NK cells, iNKT cells, and ILCs [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2017 The notion that obesity-induced inflammation mediates the development of insulin resistance in animal models and humans has been gaining strong support.
Beatriz Dal Santo Francisco Bonamichi +1 more
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Increased expression of
Thyroid Research, 2011 Background Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (Pin1), encoded by PIN1 gene with locus in chromosome 19p13, is an enzyme that catalytically induces conformational changes in proteins after phosphorylation on serine or threonine residues preceding proline
Lewiński Andrzej +5 more
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Data Analytic Process of a Nationwide Population-Based Study Using National Health Information Database Established by National Health Insurance Service [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2016 In 2014, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Diabetes Association to provide limited open access to its databases for investigating the past and current status of diabetes and its management ...
Yong-ho Lee +5 more
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APO A2 -265T/C Polymorphism Is Associated with Increased Inflammatory Responses in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2016 BackgroundApolipoprotein A2 (APO A2) is the second most abundant structural apolipoprotein in high density lipoprotein. Several studies have examined the possible effect of APO A2 on atherosclerosis incidence.
Fariba Koohdani +7 more
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Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2020 A patient with atypical partial lipodystrophy who had a transient initial response to metreleptin experienced acute worsening of her metabolic state when neutralizing antibodies against metreleptin appeared.
Baris Akinci +8 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 Diabetes mellitus is a world-wide epidemic and diabetic retinopathy, a devastating, vision-threatening condition, is one of the most common diabetes-specific complications.
Stephen H. Sinclair +2 more
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