Chair and Department of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, K. Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań1 Kierownik: prof. dr hab. M. Drews Chair and Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, K. Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań2 Kierownik: dr hab. P. Krokowicz Chair and Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, K. Marcinkowski Medical Universit...

Disease of the thyroid gland in children differs sufficiently from thyroid dysfunction in adults to warrant some special study. It is not common, and yet, with the exception of adenomatous goitre with hyperthyroidism, all the major diseases of the thyroid gland, which affect adults, have been seen in children. They may be divided for convenience into two groups, non-endocrine, and endocrine dis...

Pesticides are important agents that intentionally introduced into the environment to control various pests and disease carriers, often by killing them. Although pesticides have many objectives, including protection against crop loss vector-borne diseases, there significant concerns over potential toxicity of on organisms, humans. The frequent use in agriculture has led long-term exposure human...

Context Maffucci syndrome is a rare, nonhereditary, mesodermal dysplastic disease characterized by the presence of multiple hemangiomas and enchondromas. This pathological condition, which is often unrecognized, is associated with a high prevalence of benign and malignant endocrine tumors involving pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, and parathyroid glands. Case Description We describe the case of a...

Environmental agencies have identified a growing number of environmental contaminants that have endocrine disrupting activity, and these can become a major public health problem. It is suggested that endocrine disruptors could account for the higher-than-expected increase in the prevalence of some non-communicable diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, thyroid diseases, and some cancers. Several ...

The hemostatic balance is a complex system where the delicate equilibrium is regulated by several factors, including hormones. This review summarizes current knowledge of the effects of most frequent endocrine and metabolic diseases (such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, GH-related pituitary dysfunctions, pituitary prolactin-producing adenomas, polycystic ovary syndrome, ...

Objectives: The general health of the dental patient is important in dental practice as it can influence dental management of the patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of cardiovascular and endocrine diseases in patients who referred for dental treatment. Study Design: A total 13527 records of patients who were examined in our clinic were reviewed retrospectively to in...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the organelle where secretory and membrane proteins are synthesized and folded. Unfolded proteins that are retained within the ER can cause ER stress. Eukaryotic cells have a defense system called the "unfolded protein response" (UPR), which protects cells from ER stress. Cells undergo apoptosis when ER stress exceeds the capacity of the UPR, which has been rev...

1 Department of Endocrinology and Division of Laboratory Research, University of DuisburgEssen, Essen, Germany 2 Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of DuisburgEssen, Essen, Germany 3 Endokrinologikum Hamburg, Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Hamburg, Germany 4 Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Wuppertal, Germany 5 Department of Child ...