Outcomes of Primary Transsphenoidal Surgery in Cushing Disease: Experience of a Tertiary Center.

Background: To report the initial and long-term remission rates and related factors, secondary treatments, and outcomes of a series of patients with Cushing disease (CD).

Methods: We included 147 consecutive adult patients with CD who underwent primary transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) between 1998 and 2014 in this study. Eighty-two were followed up in the Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Endocrinology and Metabolism outpatient clinic.

Sexual dysfunction and anxiety levels of type 2 male diabetics.

Aim: This descriptive study aims to identify sexual dysfunction and anxiety levels of male patients with type 2 diabetes.

Method: The sample is composed of 150 patients who were seen at the Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic of one university hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. The data were collected using an "Information Form", the "International Index of Erectile Function", and the "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)".

Adjuvant effects of Astragalus saponins macrophyllosaponin B and astragaloside VII.

Aim Of The Study: The present study was undertaken to evaluate the hemolytic activities of two immunomodulator Astragalus saponins [Macrophyllosaponin B (MacB) from Astragalus oleifolius DC. and Astragaloside VII (Ast VII) from Astragalus trojanus Stev.], and their adjuvant potentials on the cellular and humoral immune responses of Swiss albino mice against BSA.