Issue 1/2016
Content (70 Articles)
Successful every-other-day liothyronine therapy for severe resistance to thyroid hormone beta with a novel THRB mutation; case report
Yoshihiro Maruo, Asami Mori, Yoriko Morioka, Chihiro Sawai, Yu Mimura, Katsuyuki Matui, Yoshihiro Takeuchi
Neurological symptoms in a patient with isolated adrenocorticotropin deficiency: case report and literature review
Yukihiro Goto, Kazunori Tatsuzawa, Kazuyasu Aita, Yuichi Furuno, Takuya Kawabe, Kei Ohwada, Hiroyasu Sasajima, Katsuyoshi Mineura
Aldosterone-producing adrenocortical carcinoma with prominent hepatic metastasis diagnosed by liver biopsy: a case report
Kennosuke Ohashi, Takeshi Hayashi, Masaya Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Iuchi, Hirofumi Suzuki, Takanori Ebisawa, Katsuyoshi Tojo, Hironobu Sasano, Kazunori Utsunomiya
Sulfonylurea use and the risk of hospital readmission in patients with type 2 diabetes
Pamela C. Heaton, Vibha C. A. Desai, Christina M. L. Kelton, Swapnil N. Rajpathak
Impact of a pioneer diabetes camp experience on glycemic control among children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
Mesmin Y. Dehayem, Rémy Takogue, Siméon-Pierre Choukem, Olivier T. S. Donfack, Jean-Claude Katte, Suzanne Sap, Eugène Sobngwi, Jean-Claude Mbanya
Erratum to: Association of environmental chemicals & estrogen metabolites in children
Erin Speiser Ihde, Ji Meng Loh, Lawrence Rosen
A null mutation in ANGPTL8 does not associate with either plasma glucose or type 2 diabetes in humans
Katharine R. Clapham, Audrey Y. Chu, Jennifer Wessel, Pradeep Natarajan, Jason Flannick, Manuel A. Rivas, Samantha Sartori, Roxana Mehran, Usman Baber, Valentin Fuster, Robert A. Scott, Daniel J. Rader, Michael Boehnke, Mark I. McCarthy, David M. Altshuler, Sekar Kathiresan, Gina M. Peloso
Results of a prospective multicenter neuroendocrine tumor registry reporting on clinicopathologic characteristics of Greek patients
George C. Nikou, Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou, Dimitrios Dimitroulopoulos, Georgios Alexandrakis, Pavlos Papakostas, Michalis Vaslamatzis, Philippos Kaldrymidis, Vyron Markussis, Anna Koumarianou
BMC Endocrine Disorders reviewer acknowledgement 2015
Tim Shipley
Meeting individualized glycemic targets in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes in Spain
I. Miñambres, J. J. Mediavilla, J. Sarroca, A. Pérez
Is thyroid status associated with cognitive impairment in elderly patients in China?
Yao Hu, Zhi-cheng Wang, Qi-hao Guo, Wei Cheng, Yan-wen Chen
Natural history and outcome in chinese patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: - a 17-year retrospective analysis
Doris T. Chan, Andrea O. Y. Luk, W. Y. So, Alice P. S. Kong, Francis C. C. Chow, Ronald C. W. Ma, Anthony W. I. Lo
Abnormal phosphorylation of Tie2/Akt/eNOS signaling pathway and decreased number or function of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in prehypertensive premenopausal women with diabetes mellitus
Haitao Zeng, Yanping Jiang, Hailin Tang, Zi Ren, Gaofeng Zeng, Zhen Yang
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 concentrations and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Silvija Canecki-Varžić, Ivana Prpić-Križevac, Ines Bilić-Ćurčić
Adrenocortical cancer: mortality, hormone secretion, proliferation and urine steroids – experience from a single centre spanning three decades
Jan Calissendorff, Freja Calissendorff, Henrik Falhammar
Switching patients with acromegaly from octreotide to pasireotide improves biochemical control: crossover extension to a randomized, double-blind, Phase III study
Marcello D. Bronstein, Maria Fleseriu, Sebastian Neggers, Annamaria Colao, Michael Sheppard, Feng Gu, Chiung-Chyi Shen, Mônica Gadelha, Andrew J. Farrall, Karina Hermosillo Reséndiz, Matthieu Ruffin, YinMiao Chen, Pamela Freda
Cost effectiveness and value of information analyses of islet cell transplantation in the management of ‘unstable’ type 1 diabetes mellitus
Klemens Wallner, A. M. James Shapiro, Peter A. Senior, Christopher McCabe
The haplotype of UBE2L3 gene is associated with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in a Chinese Han population
Yu Wang, Yuan-feng Zhu, Qiong Wang, Jing Xu, Ni Yan, Jian Xu, Liang-feng Shi, Shuang-tao He, Jin-an Zhang
A plausible role for actin gamma smooth muscle 2 (ACTG2) in small intestinal neuroendocrine tumorigenesis
Katarina Edfeldt, Per Hellman, Gunnar Westin, Peter Stalberg
Type B insulin resistance syndrome with Scleroderma successfully treated with multiple immune suppressants after eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection: a case report
Guo-Qing Yang, Yi-Jun Li, Jing-Tao Dou, Bao-An Wang, Ju-Ming Lu, Yi-Ming Mu
Systematic literature review of use of blood glucose monitoring in phase III clinical studies of insulin analogs
Kaisa Miikkulainen, Antonio Caruso, Oliver Mast, Rongrong Zhang, Oleg Borisenko
Cost-effectiveness of tolvaptan for the treatment of hyponatraemia secondary to syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion in Sweden
Clare Jamookeeah, Paul Robinson, Karl O’Reilly, Johan Lundberg, Martin Gisby, Michael Ländin, Jakob Skov, David Trueman
Reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine derived from neonates undergoing routine screening for congenital hypothyroidism at a university teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study
Geoffrey Omuse, Ali Kassim, Francis Kiigu, Syeda Ra’ana Hussain, Mary Limbe
Understanding adherence-related beliefs about medicine amongst patients of South Asian origin with diabetes and cardiovascular disease patients: a qualitative synthesis
Kanta Kumar, Sheila Greenfield, Karim Raza, Paramjit Gill, Rebecca Stack
Retinal blood flow is increased in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients with advanced stages of retinopathy
Hoang-Ton Nguyen, Eelco van Duinkerken, Frank D. Verbraak, Bettine C. P. Polak, Peter J. Ringens, Michaela Diamant, Annette C. Moll
Predictive value of serum testosterone for type 2 diabetes risk assessment in men
Evan Atlantis, Paul Fahey, Sean Martin, Peter O’Loughlin, Anne W. Taylor, Robert J. Adams, Zumin Shi, Gary Wittert
Metabolic syndrome and osteoporotic fracture: a population-based study in China
Li Qin, Zhen Yang, Weiwei Zhang, Hongxia Gu, Xiaoyong Li, Lingfei Zhu, Shuai Lu, Yin Xing, Hongmei Zhang, Yixin Niu, Guang Ning, Qing Su
Diabetes related knowledge, self-care behaviours and adherence to medications among diabetic patients in Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey
Tefera Kassahun, Hailay Gesesew, Lillian Mwanri, Tesfahun Eshetie
Glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents in a resource limited setting in Dar es Salaam - Tanzania
Mariam Noorani, Kaushik Ramaiya, Karim Manji
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of the oldest old people with type 2 diabetes – perspective from a tertiary diabetes center in Thailand
Thewjitcharoen Yotsapon, Krittiyawong Sirinate, Wanothayaroj Ekgaluck, Vongterapak Somboon, Anuntakulnatee Tawee, Kittipoom Worawit, Nakasatien Soontaree, Himathongkam Thep
Glucose levels as a prognostic marker in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case–control study
Victoria Karetnikova, Olga Gruzdeva, Evgenya Uchasova, Anastasia Osokina, Olga Barbarash
Diabetes treatment intensification and associated changes in HbA1c and body mass index: a cohort study
Christianne L. Roumie, Robert A. Greevy, Carlos G. Grijalva, Adriana M. Hung, Xulei Liu, Marie R. Griffin
The level of netrin-1 is decreased in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Chenxiao Liu, Xianjin Ke, Ying Wang, Xiu Feng, Qi Li, Ying Zhang, Jian Zhu, Qian Li
Oxytocin and cardioprotection in diabetes and obesity
Marek Jankowski, Tom L. Broderick, Jolanta Gutkowska
Biphasic insulin Aspart 30 vs. NPH plus regular human insulin in type 2 diabetes patients; a cost-effectiveness study
Amir Farshchi, Rokhsareh Aghili, Maryam Oskuee, Marjan Rashed, Sina Noshad, Abbas Kebriaeezadeh, Maryam Kia, Alireza Esteghamati
How should we interrogate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with suspected hypopituitarism?
Aoife Garrahy, Amar Agha
Splicing analysis of CYP11B1 mutation in a family affected with 11β-hydroxylase deficiency: case report
Pattaranatcha Charnwichai, Patra Yeetong, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Vichit Supornsilchai, Taninee Sahakitrungruang, Vorasuk Shotelersuk
Reducing major lower extremity amputations after the introduction of a multidisciplinary team in patient with diabetes foot ulcer
Chuan Wang, Lifang Mai, Chuan Yang, Dan Liu, Kan Sun, Weidong Song, Baoming Luo, Yan Li, Mingtong Xu, Shaoling Zhang, Fangping Li, Meng Ren, Li Yan
Efficacy and safety of insulin in type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Sylvie Erpeldinger, Michaela B. Rehman, Christophe Berkhout, Christophe Pigache, Yves Zerbib, Francis Regnault, Emilie Guérin, Irène Supper, Catherine Cornu, Behrouz Kassaï, François Gueyffier, Rémy Boussageon
Association of blood glucose level and hypertension in Elderly Chinese Subjects: a community based study
Qun Yan, Dongmei Sun, Xu Li, Guoliang Chen, Qinghu Zheng, Lun Li, Chenhong Gu, Bo Feng
Understanding preferences for type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management support through a patient-centered approach: a 2-phase mixed-methods study
Janice M. S. Lopez, Bozena J. Katic, Marcy Fitz-Randolph, Richard A. Jackson, Wing Chow, C. Daniel Mullins
Development and validation of a Diabetes Risk Score for screening undiagnosed diabetes in Sri Lanka (SLDRISK)
P. Katulanda, N. R. Hill, I. Stratton, R. Sheriff, S. D. N. De Silva, D. R. Matthews
Severe hyperkalemia following adrenalectomy for aldosteronoma: prediction, pathogenesis and approach to clinical management- a case series
A. Tahir, K. McLaughlin, G. Kline
Elevated circulating irisin is associated with lower risk of insulin resistance: association and path analyses of obese Chinese adults
Xiulin Shi, Mingzhu Lin, Changqin Liu, Fangsen Xiao, Yongwen Liu, Peiying Huang, Xin Zeng, Bing Yan, Suhuan Liu, Xiaoying Li, Shuyu Yang, Xuejun Li, Zhibin Li
Utility of repeat cytological assessment of thyroid nodules initially classified as benign: clinical insights from multidisciplinary care in an Irish tertiary referral centre
Nigel Glynn, Mark J. Hannon, Sarah Lewis, Patrick Hillery, Mohammed Al-Mousa, Arnold D. K. Hill, Frank Keeling, Martina Morrin, Christopher J. Thompson, Diarmuid Smith, Derval Royston, Mary Leader, Amar Agha
Prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and other types of dysglycaemia among young twins and singletons in Guinea-Bissau
Ditte Egegaard Hennild, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Luis Carlos Joaquím, Kaare Christensen, Morten Sodemann, Henning Beck-Nielsen, Dorte Møller Jensen
Pro inflammatory interleukins and thyroid function in Naswar (dipping tobacco) users: a case control study
Faiza Sajid, Samina Bano
Adrenal fatigue does not exist: a systematic review
Flavio A. Cadegiani, Claudio E. Kater
Increased skin autofluorescence of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes despite a well-controlled HbA1c: results from a cohort study
Josine C. van der Heyden, Erwin Birnie, Dick Mul, Sarah Bovenberg, Henk J. Veeze, Henk-Jan Aanstoot
Familial early puberty: presentation and inheritance pattern in 139 families
Adélaïde Durand, Anu Bashamboo, Ken McElreavey, Raja Brauner
Plantar pressures are higher in cases with diabetic foot ulcers compared to controls despite a longer stance phase duration
Malindu E. Fernando, Robert G. Crowther, Peter A. Lazzarini, Kunwarjit S. Sangla, Scott Wearing, Petra Buttner, Jonathan Golledge
Neonatal and obstetric outcomes in diet- and insulin-treated women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study
Sarah H. Koning, Klaas Hoogenberg, Kirsten A. Scheuneman, Mick G. Baas, Fleurisca J. Korteweg, Krystyna M. Sollie, Bertine J. Schering, Aren J. van Loon, Bruce H.R. Wolffenbuttel, Paul P. van den Berg, Helen L. Lutgers
Arterial stiffness in hypertensive and type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana: comparison of the cardio-ankle vascular index and central aortic techniques
Kwame Yeboah, Daniel A. Antwi, Ben Gyan, Virginia Govoni, Charlotte E. Mills, J. Kennedy Cruickshank, Albert G. B. Amoah
Gender-modulated risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes and coronary mortality among Turks for three major risk factors, and residual adiposity risk
Günay Can, Altan Onat, Eray Yurtseven, Yusuf Karadeniz, Tuğba Akbaş-Şimşek, Ayşem Kaya, Hüsniye Yüksel
Single-dose acarbose decreased glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide and glucagon levels in Chinese patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus after a mixed meal
Zhong Chen, Xiaoying Fu, Jian Kuang, Ju Chen, Hongmei Chen, Jianhao Pei, Huazhang Yang
The effect of lifestyle intervention in obesity on the soluble form of activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule
Alba Sulaj, Johanna Zemva, Ulrike Zech, Annika Woehning, Maik Brune, Gottfried Rudofsky, Peter P. Nawroth, Thomas Fleming, Rüdiger von Bauer
Using Hashimoto thyroiditis as gold standard to determine the upper limit value of thyroid stimulating hormone in a Chinese cohort
Yu Li, Dong-Ning Chen, Jing Cui, Zhong Xin, Guang-Ran Yang, Ming-Jia Niu, Jin-Kui Yang
Case report of whole genome sequencing in the XY female: identification of a novel SRY mutation and revision of a misdiagnosis of androgen insensitivity syndrome
Sunita M. C. De Sousa, Karin S. Kassahn, Liam C. McIntyre, Chan-Eng Chong, Hamish S. Scott, David J. Torpy
Gastric bypass surgery reveals independency of obesity and diabetes melitus type 2
Mogens Fenger, Dorte Lindqvist Hansen, Dorte Worm, Lisbeth Hvolris, Viggo B. Kristiansen, Elin Rebecka Carlsson, Sten Madsbad
Obesity and diabetes mellitus association in rural community of Katana, South Kivu, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Bukavu Observ Cohort Study Results
Philippe Bianga Katchunga, Justin Cikomola, Christian Tshongo, Arsene Baleke, David Kaishusha, Patrick Mirindi, Théodore Tamburhe, Yves Kluyskens, Antoine Sadiki, Socrate Bwanamudogo, Zacharie Kashongwe, Marc Twagirumukiza
The course of diabetes in children, adolescents and young adults: does the autoimmunity status matter?
Rasa Verkauskiene, Evalda Danyte, Rimante Dobrovolskiene, Ingrida Stankute, Diana Simoniene, Dovile Razanskaite-Virbickiene, Audrone Seibokaite, Brone Urbonaite, Nijole Jurgeviciene, Astra Vitkauskiene, Valerie Schwitzgebel, Dalia Marciulionyte
Acute glycaemic effects of co-trimoxazole at prophylactic dose in healthy adults
Bernold Kenteu, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Martine Claude Etoa, Marcel Azabji-Kenfack, Mesmin Dehayem, Eugene Sobngwi
Erratum to: Adrenal fatigue does not exist: a systematic review
Flavio A. Cadegiani, Claudio E. Kater
Foot insensitivity is associated with renal function decline in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cohort study
Quratul A. Altaf, Hamed Sadiqi, Milan K. Piya, Abd A. Tahrani
Diabetes screening intervals based on risk stratification
Sachiko Ohde, Emily McFadden, Gautam A. Deshpande, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Osamu Takahashi, Tsuguya Fukui, Rafael Perera, Zentaro Yamagata
Administration of anti-receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) antibody for the treatment of osteoporosis was associated with amelioration of hepatitis in a female patient with growth hormone deficiency: a case report
Ayumu Takeno, Masahiro Yamamoto, Masakazu Notsu, Toshitsugu Sugimoto
A randomised, open-labelstudy of insulin glargine or neutral protamine Hagedorn insulin in Chinese paediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Min Liu, Zhiguang Zhou, Jinhua Yan, Pin Li, Wenhui Song, Junfen Fu, Xiaobo Chen, Weigang Zhao, Li Xi, Xiaoping Luo, Liang Sha, Xueyuan Deng, Chunxiu Gong
Prevalence and factors associated with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose level among members of federal police commission residing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tariku Tesfaye, Bilal Shikur, Tariku Shimels, Naod Firdu
The predictive value of sonographic images of follicular lesions – a comparison with nodules unequivocal in FNA – single centre prospective study
Dorota Słowińska-Klencka, Martyna Wojtaszek-Nowicka, Stanisław Sporny, Ewa Woźniak-Oseła, Bożena Popowicz, Mariusz Klencki
Effect of sitagliptin on blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are treatment naive or poorly responsive to existing antidiabetic drugs: the JAMP study
Hiroshi Sakura, Naotake Hashimoto, Kazuo Sasamoto, Hiroshi Ohashi, Sumiko Hasumi, Noriko Ujihara, Tadasu Kasahara, Osamu Tomonaga, Hideo Nunome, Masashi Honda, Yasuhiko Iwamoto, Akiko Sato, Akinori Yamashita, Akira Miyashita, Asako Kokubo, Atsuro Tsuchiya, Dai Hirohara, Daiji Kogure, Daijo Kasahara, Hideki Tanaka, Hideki Tanaka, Hideo Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kuroki, Jun Ogino, Kanu Kin, Kanu Kin, Kazuko Muto, Kazuo Suzuki, Keiko Iseki, Keita Watanabe, Kenshi Higami, Kenzo Matsumura, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Koki Shin, Kuniya Koizumi, Maki Saneshige, Makio Sekine, Makoto Yaida, Mari Kiuchi, Mari Mugishima, Mari Osawa, Masae Banno, Masahiro Yamamoto, Masatake Hiratsuka, Masumi Hosoya, Michika Atsuta, Mitsutoshi Kato, Miwa Morita, Munehiro Miyamae, Mutsumi Iijima, Naomi Okuyama, Nobuo Hisano, Norihiro Tsuchiya, Rie Wada, Rie Wada, Ryuji Momose, Sachiko Otake, Satoko Maruyama, Satoru Takada, Shigeki Dan, Shigeki Nishizawa, Shigeo Yamashita, Shingo Saneshige, Shinichi Teno, Shinji Tsuruta, Shinobu Kumakura, Sumiko Kijima, Takashi Kondo, Takeo Onishi, Taku Kudo, Tatsushi Sugiura, Toshihiko Ishiguro, Yasue Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tomita, Yasuko Takano, Yoshihisa Akimoto, Yoshiko Odanaka, Yoshimasa Tasaka, Yoshitaka Aiso, Yukiko Inoue, Yukinobu Kobayashi