The impact of growth hormone replacement therapy on adipokines, but not upon ghrelin.

Background: Besides growth acceleration, growth hormone (GH) therapy of GH deficient (GHD) children improves body composition by decreasing body fat. This effect is due to GH interaction with lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, possibly also mediated by adipokines secreted by adipose tissue, and ghrelin. This study aimed to assess the impact of one-year GH replacement therapy on the metabolic profile, adipokines, and acylated/unacylated ghrelin of prepubertal children with GHD.

THE VOLUME OF SOLITARY PARATHYROID ADENOMA IS RELATED TO PREOPERATIVE PTH AND 25OH-D3, BUT NOT TO CALCIUM LEVELS.

Purpose: To correlate the volume of parathyroid adenomas with the hormonal and metabolic profile at patients diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPTH).

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional multicentric study, enrolling 52 patients with pHPTH from two medical institutions. Serum calcium and PTH were evaluated in all patients before surgery, whereas 25OHD3 was measured only in the 33 patients recruited form one medical unit.

Histologically Proven Bronchial Neuroendocrine Tumors in MEN1: A GTE 51-Case Cohort Study.

Objective: To evaluate the natural history of MEN1-related bronchial endocrine tumors (br-NETs) and to determine their histological characteristics, survival and causes of death. br-NETs frequency ranges from 3 to 13% and may reach 32% depending on the number of patients evaluated and on the criteria required for diagnosis.

Methods: The 1023-patient series of symptomatic MEN1 patients followed up in a median of 48.

PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN WOMEN WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the impact of endometriosis on the quality of life.

Patients And Methods: Study group of 205 women, aged between 18-45 years old, hospitalized in the "Cuza-Voda" Hospital of Iasi, between 2013-2015. We used the Fertility Problem Inventory, the Endometriosis Health Profile and the Beck Depression Inventory.

The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Nutritional Biochemical Markers on Quality of Life of Chronic Dialysis Patients?

Aim: This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the relationship between socio-economic status and laboratory values with mental and physical components of QoL (quality of life) in chronic dialysis patients.

Material And Methods: 254 patients were included in the study and divided into two groups: 243 hemodialysis (HD) patients and 11 peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. QoL was measured by the Short Form 36(SF-36).