The hormonal balance is dependent on the internal and external stimuli. The baseline cortisol (BC) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels have been observed to vary and have a predictive value in critical illness settings. Few reports have studied their variation in non-severe acute illness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Early diagnosis in Turner syndrome is desirable to optimize growth and puberty and yet, it is often made late. Here, we aim to identify age at diagnosis, clinical features at presentation and potential strategies to improve the care of TS girls.
Methods: Retrospective study, including patients from 14 care centers across Tunisia including neonatal and pediatric care units, adult endocrinology and genetics departments.
One of the difficult challenges in endocrinology is the etiological diagnosis of isolated thickened pituitary stalk (PS). We report the case of a woman in whom a thickened PS was diagnosed following the onset of central diabetes insipidus revealed by polyuria-polydypsia syndrome of late pregnancy and postpartum. The pituitary exploration showed panhypopituitarism with disconnecting hyperprolactinemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis one of the most widespread curative plants in the world, being vastly cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions as one of the oldest spice plants. The present study explored the extraction of polysaccharides from Coriandrum sativum seeds and the evaluation of their antioxidant potential and hepatoprotective effects in vivo. The polysaccharide from coriander seeds was extracted, and the structural characterization was performed by FT-IR, UV-vis, DSC, NMR (1D and 2D), GC-MS, and SEC analysis.
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