calcium metabolic disorders, such as hypercalcemia is a potentially life-threatening disorder especially when coupled with an already compromised condition. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic calcium disorders in childhood cancers of patients admitted to the pediatric ward of vali-asr hospital from the year 2001-2008. the study was carried out by reviewing hospit...

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obesity is one of the health problems in the developing and developed countries. obesity subjects the individuals with metabolic and endocrine disorders. it is obvious that vitamin d deficiency or insufficiency may lead to secondary hyperparathyroidism. thus, obesity increases the risk of vitamin d deficiency. considering the high prevalence of vitamin d deficiency in children and adolescents w...

background: metabolic syndrome is a common metabolic disorder, which leads to early cardio vascular disease and diabetes type ii. the goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its risk factors in kurdistan, iran. method: the data was extracted from provincial section of iranian national non-communicable surveillance survey conducted in 2005. the study was a po...

Hypogonadism is reported to be an independent risk factor for the development of central obesity in men, and epidemiologic studies indicate an inverse relation between serum testosterone and obesity [1]. In patients with prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapies increased body fat mass [2], whereas it is known that androgen can prevent the differentiation of pluripotent cells into an adip...

Histidinaemia is a relatively common inherited metabolic disorder with an incidence similar to phenylketonuria. This paper reports the long term outcome of patients diagnosed by newborn screening in the north west of England. Between 1966 and 1990, 108 infants were diagnosed as having histidinaemia by a regional neonatal screening programme (incidence 1:11,083). A further five children were det...

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a disorder which is composed of several metabolic abnormalities: glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, obesity and hypertension. PCOS which is characterized by menstrual irregularities and hyperandrogenism, is a common endocrinological disorder in female reproductive age. The prevalence of the syndrome is 5-10%. Insulin resistance is a common feature of the PCOS (...