MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Anorexia nervosa and endocrinology: a clinical update

Progress in Clinical Endocrinology

in such a way as to test the hypothesis; the observations gained from the experiment are incorporated in a new hypothesis. Bernard recognized that the success or failure of the procedure was in great part dependent upon the attitude of the investigator and demanded open-mindedness, doubt, and unprejudiced observation. Today we recognize that investigation of the properties of living material ca...

Physiology and Endocrinology: Reproductive Endocrinology

The aim of the present study was to investigate the endocrinology of periestrus period and the days after until estrus in ewes (n = 40) synchronized out of breeding season and diagnosing the related pregnancies after laparoscopic insemination comparing to different doses of PMSG that was used. Animals treated for 12 d with CIDR followed by administration with different doses (0, 450, 550, 650, ...

Integrated Endocrinology Integrated Endocrinology

Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

A surgically removed pituitary adenomas, approximately 30-35% appear to be silent, unassociated with clinical or biochemical evidence of any anterior pituitary hormone excess (1, 2). However, with routine immunocytochemical staining of the pituitary tumor tissue, immunoreactive hormone material can be demonstrated in a substantial number of these seemingly nonfunctioning tumors (2). Clinically ...

Clinical Medicine: Endocrinology and Diabetes

Objectives: To investigate the role of insulin resistance (IR) and insulin plasma levels (IRI) in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: We recruited the following patients: 125 with HCC, 128 with liver cirrhosis (LC) and 133 with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). IR was assessed by the HOMA-IR method. To define IR and hyperinsulinemia we selected as a c...