cartilage hair hypoplasia (chh), is a rare cause of metaphyseal chondrodysplasia and short stature. other features included hair abnormality, immunodeficiency, anemia, gastrointestinal disorders (hirschsprung disease, celiac, …) and increased risk of cancer. the disease is an autosomal recessive disorder and previously has not been reported in iran. we report a 9-year-old boy diagnosed as carti...

BACKGROUND Thalassemia is the most common hereditary anemia and beta thalassemia major is its most severe form. Endocrine abnormalities in thalassemia major are common disturbing complications that need prompt management. The purpose of this study was to determine the endocrine disorders and bone mineral density in patients with major  -thalassemia in . METHODS In this cross- sectional study,...

Primary hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disease. Although the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism is often considered simple, there are large numbers of people with this condition who are suboptimally treated. Even in those people with hypothyroidism who are biochemically euthyroid on levothyroxine replacement there is a significant proportion who report poorer quality of life...

This study was conducted to observe the characteristics of the risk factors of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in Chinese population. CTS of 1,512 outpatients aged 41-70 years were without any other diseases which could cause numbness as a case group, and 4,536 non-CTS outpatients as a control group were involved in the study in 2013-2014. Both groups received a questionnaire and the case group re...

objective: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is one of the most common endocrinological disorders among women of reproductive age and the leading cause of female infertility. this study intends to evaluate the lipid profile, hormonal levels [free t3 (ft3), free t4 (ft4), thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh), insulin, luteinizing hormone (lh), follicle stimulating hormone (fsh), and prolactin] in pc...

OBJECTIVES Thyroid disorders are among the common endocrine problems in pregnant women. It is now well established that not only overt but subclinical thyroid dysfunction also has adverse effects on maternal and fetal outcome. There are few data from Bangladesh about the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy. With this background, this study aims to find out thyroid dysfunction (both o...

keratoderma is a group of disorders characterized by abnormal thickening of skin. acquired palmar keratoderma has many underlying causes. the association of thyroid disease and palmar keratoderma rarely reported. hypothyroidism, although very rare association, must be suspected in patients with acquired ppk, particularly when it occurs in setting of systemic symptoms or predisposing conditions....