Publications by authors named "Paula Mereshian"
Introduction: Pituitary incidentalomas (PIs) are lesions found incidentally in the pituitary on imaging performed for reasons unrelated to pituitary disease.
Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive study was carried out with the aim of analyzing the clinical and evolutionary characteristics of a population of patients with PIs in the city of Córdoba.
Results: A total of 67 patients were included, 67% female, with a median age at diagnosis of 44 years.
Objective: To describe the long term safety and efficacy of pegvisomant (PEGV), and the predictors of treatment response in patients with acromegaly in the real life setting.
Subjects And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical, hormonal and radiological data of acromegalic patients treated with PEGV in 17 Argentine centers.
Results: Seventy-five patients (age range 22-77, 51 females) with acromegaly have been treated with PEGV for up to 118 months (median 27 months).
Objectives: To assess the incidence of 131I-induced sialadenitis (SD) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), to analyze clinical and other factors related to metabolic radiotherapy that may predict the lack of response to conventional medical therapy (CMT), and to determine the effectiveness of intraductal steroid instillation in patients failing CMT.
Material And Methods: Fifty-two patients with DTC, 45 females (86.5%) and 7 males (13.
Objective: To determine whether environmental perchlorate exposure adversely affects thyroid function in women in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Methods: First-trimester pregnant women were recruited from prenatal clinics in the Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, California, and in the Hospital Universitario de Maternidad dependent Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, between 2004 and 2007. Spot urine and blood specimens were obtained during the clinic visit.