Publications by authors named "Kutbay N"
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- The study focuses on how well patients with thyroid cancer follow their medication and how it affects their thyroid hormone levels after surgery.
- Conducted in Turkey at 21 medical centers, the research looked at TSH levels, medication adherence, and other health measurements from 1125 patients.
- Results showed that some patients had very low TSH levels due to inadequate treatment or not following their prescribed medication properly.
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- A study evaluated the prevalence and risk factors of dopamine agonist (DA)-induced impulse control disorders (ICDs) in 308 patients with prolactinomas undergoing treatment.
- The research found that 17% of patients experienced any ICD, with hypersexuality being the most prevalent, particularly in males, while compulsive eating was more common among females.
- Risk factors such as current smoking, alcohol use, and a history of gambling were more frequently observed in those with ICDs, highlighting the need for endocrinology specialists to monitor these patients closely.
Objective: Bone morphogenic protein-4 (BMP-4) is a proinflammatory cytokine which is controlled by BMP-4 antagonists. Our aim was to investigate the levels of BMP-4 and its antagonists, noggin and matrix Gla protein (MGP), in prediabetes and diabetes.
Design: One hundred and forty-two type 2 diabetic, 32 prediabetic, and 58 control subjects participated in this cross-sectional study.
Acromegaly is associated with high fibroblast growth factor-21 levels.
J Endocrinol Invest
January 2019
Purpose: Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF-21) is a member of fibroblast growth factor family. Both growth hormone (GH) and FGF-21 take place in the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. We aimed to investigate FGF-21 levels in acromegaly which is characterized by excess GH levels and is associated with comorbidities and altered body composition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPL) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by selective lack of subcutaneous fat which is associated with insulin resistant diabetes. The Dunnigan variety (FPL2) is caused by several missense mutations in the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene, most of which are typically located in exon 8 at the codon position 482.
Case Report: Here, we report on a Turkish family with FPL2 which is caused by a novel heterozygous missense LMNA mutation in exon 1 (D47N, c.
Background: Hypothermia has been used in cardiac surgery for many years for neuroprotection. Mild hypothermia (MH) [body temperature (BT) kept at 32-35°C] has been shown to reduce both mortality and poor neurological outcome in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study investigated whether patients who were expected to benefit neurologically from therapeutic hypothermia (TH) also had improved cardiac function.
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