Publications by authors named "Xin-Zhao Fan"

Objective: To explore the relationship between social isolation and health behaviors and ulcer severity in patients with diabetic foot.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 160 patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with diabetic foot. The patients received treatment at the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University between September 2020 and December 2021.

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Background: Co-morbidity of gene turner syndrome (TS) with positive gene and non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCAH) is extremely rare and has never been reported to date.

Case Summary: In this article, we present a 14-year-old girl who was referred to our hospital with short stature (weight of 43 kg and height of 143 cm, < -2 SD) with no secondary sexual characteristics (labia minora dysplasia). Laboratory tests indicated hypergonadotropic hypogonadism with significantly increased androstenedione and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) levels.

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