A 21-year-old Romanian man presented to our clinic for leanness assessment evolving several years. He had been adopted at the age of 3 years old; hence, no familial history was available. His medical notable dyspraxia, dyslexia, bilateral cryptorchidism, and scoliosis in infancy. practiced water polo, swimming, martial arts, but recent years, amyotrophy weakness both arms developed (Figure, A) ...

This thesis proposes a theory mapping emotional reactions to political information onto a theory of vote decisionmaking and then further onto measurable survey response. Using on-line processing based in emotion, voters form affective summaries about candidates, which store previous information as an emotional response. The act of voting is treated as a single realization of a probabilistic eve...

Morbid obesity is a disease of modern society. Surgery is indicated when there is no endocrinopathy, medical treatment failed and Body Mass index (W/H2) is more than 40 (III degree obesity of Garrow). Many different methods were suggested in connection with the type of obesity, the associated diseases and the psychical state of the patient. Jejuno-ileal by-pass intend to produce a generic malab...

Sir, Naevoid acanthosis nigricans (AN) is an extremely rare form of AN that can manifest with a characteristic naevoid appearance at any age before puberty (1 – 3). It is not associated with any known syndrome, endocrinopathy, drugs or internal malignancy (1 – 3) and, thus far, there have been only 2 case reports in the literature of naevoid AN with a unilateral distribution (1, 2). We report a...

The image we have of canine hypothyroidism has changed during the last decade. We use to consider it as the most common endocrinopathy in dogs. Most endocrinologists will agree that nowadays, other endocrine diseases such as hypercortisolism, are more frequently observed. In the past, many dogs have been erroneously diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Indeed, evaluation of thyroid function in dogs i...

The potential influence of hormonal imbalance on the development of slipped capital femoral epiphysis was assessed through a prospective clinical study. The serum levels of T3, T4, thyroid-stimulating hormone, testosterone, estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, human growth hormone, adrenal cortex hormone and cortisol were evaluated in sev...

Beriberi is a disease caused by thiamine deficiency resulting in peripheral neuropathy and myocardial dysfunction. Increases in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are seen in polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy and skin changes, called POEMS syndrome. We present herein two cases of wet beriberi accompanied by a moderate increase in VEGF level. Serum VEGF d...