Some Rare Endocrine Disturbances

Behavioral disturbances associated with endocrine disorders.

Patients with major endocrine disorders frequently experience significant changes in mood and mentation. Similarly, many individuals presenting as psychiatric patients have pathologic alterations in neuroendocrine function. Although pathognomic behavioral changes are rare, increased recognition of characteristic symptom complexes may lead to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment planning.

Rare functioning pancreatic endocrine tumors.

a Department of Gastroenterology, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy , France; b Department of Oncology, Institut Català d’Oncologia, Barcelona , Spain; c Department of Surgery, Verona University, Verona , Italy; d Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Genimatas Hospital, Athens , Greece; e Department of Gastroenterology, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy , France; f Department of Endocrinology, Erasmus MC ...

Endocrine disturbances related to the use of lithium.

Despite recent advances in pharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders, lithium salts remain frequently used, as they are effective and inexpensive alternatives, especially in the treatment of bipolar disorders. Their use is commonly associated with various endocrine disorders, mainly in thyroid and parathyroid function, and in mineral metabolism. This article aims at reviewing these pot...

Theogardenal in Cardio-vascular Irregularity and Endocrine Disturbances

Some etiologic factors of speech comprehension disturbances.

Disturbances of speech comprehension were analyzed in a prospective study of 97 children, aged from 23 to 77 months. Pregnancy, birth and early psychomotor development were normal for all the children and no focus of neurological deficit was found. A tonal audiometer did not detect any auditory disturbances, and psychological testing with non-verbal tests showed normal mental functioning for th...