- 07-11-2018Introduction: Glucocorticoids (GC) are routinely used in the treatment of patients with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases due to their…
- 07-11-2018Background: Non-medullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) is the most frequent endocrine tumor with in most cases a good prognosis as a…
- 07-11-2018Introduction: The current diagnostic workup of Cushing’s syndrome (CS) requires various tests which only capture short-term cortisol exposure, whereas patients…
- 06-11-2018BackgroundDexamethasone (DEX) can cause severe neuropsychiatric effects. As DEX is a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonist, it suppresses the production of…
- 06-11-2018Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are suggested to have an aberrant regulation of ovarian Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) expression. Currently,…
- 31-10-2018Background: Pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas (PPGLs) caused by mutations in the β-subunit of the succinate dehydrogenase (SDHB) have the highest metastatic…
- 29-10-2018Aim: Circulating levels of glucocorticoids display diurnal fluctuations, and are known to act as an internal synchronizer (or zeitgeber) of…
- 19-10-2018Context: Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) accumulate in tissues with aging and may influence age-related diseases. They can be estimated…
- 15-10-2018Background: Critical size bone defects are a common clinical problem in both Orthopedics and Oral Surgery. The golden standard to…
- 15-10-2018Background: severe hyperphosphatemia is a risk factor for vascular calcification (VC) among chronic kidney disease patients, but whether serum phosphate…
