Familial bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia due to a novel ARMC 5 germline mutation: Clinical status and possible association with other neoplasms.

Introduction/objectives: Mutations in the ARMC5 (armadillo repeat containing 5, OMIM 615549) gene, a putative tumor suppressor gene, have recently been identified as a common cause of sporadic and familial bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (BMAH). Familial BMAH is thought to be caused by two mutations, one germline and the other somatic, as suggested by the 2-hit theory. The objective is to describe a new mutation and develop its clinical characteristics and implications.

Outcomes of a multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Day Unit.

Objective: To analyse the main characteristics of patients and the health outcomes obtained and to evaluate the impact of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in patients treated in our multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Unit.

Research Design And Methods: Observational prospective study. 273 patients from two different populations (with and without PAD - classified according to the presence of distal pulses) treated over a 14-month period in the multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Unit were included.

Description of a Cohort of Type 1 Diabetes Patients: Analysis of Comorbidities, Prevalence of Complications and Risk of Hypoglycemia.

Background: Despite major medical advances, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) patients still have greater morbimortality than the general population. Our aim was to describe our cohort of T1D patients and identify potential risk factors susceptible to prevention strategies.

Methods: Cross-sectional, observational study, including T1D patients treated at our center, from 1 March 2017 to 31 March 2020.

Relationship between metabolic control and self-monitoring of blood glucose in insulin-treated patients with diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To assess the relationship between metabolic control (MC) and frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in insulin-treated patients with type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes mellitus, and to analyze the factors associated to MC.

Material And Methods: A multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in which endocrinologists enrolled diabetic patients treated with insulin who used a glucometer. The cut-off value for MC was HbA1c ≤ 7%.

Efficacy and safety of biphasic insulin aspart 30/70 in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To assess the safety and efficacy of biphasic insulin aspart 30/70 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2).

Material And Methods: We performed an observational, multicenter, prospective study in 3,054 DM2 patients from primary care and specialized settings, treated with biphasic insulin aspart 30/70 (started within 15 days prior to inclusion). In all patients,the following information was available before starting insulin treatment: HbA(1c) levels, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 4-point glucose profile (before and 90 minutes after breakfast and dinner) and number of hypoglycemic episodes/week.

Long-term maintenance of low-dose antithyroid drugs versus drug withdrawal in patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism.

Objective: The relapse rate of Graves' hyperthyroidism after finishing an antithyroid cicle is high. The objective of this work was to prospectively investigate the relapse rate of Graves' hyperthyroidism (GH) in patients with maintenance of a low dose of antithyroid drug (ATD) therapy.

Patients And Method: From March 1997, all patients with GH consecutively attending the same center who remained euthyroid with low doses of synthetic ATD (carbimazole or methimazole: 2.