Endocrinology

• In the Journals

• Researchers discover link between aldosterone and brain in hypertension

• Endocrine Today, December 2010
• Aldosterone appears to be a major stimulator of the brain centers that control the vascular system and blood pressure, research suggests.
  New data “provide...More »

• Firm Rounds

• An 11-Year-Old Boy with Emesis, Decreased Appetite, Fever

• Pediatric Annals, December 2010, Volume 39 Issue 12
• This 11-year-old boy was well until 2 weeks before admission, when he developed emesis, decreased appetite, and low-grade fever. One week before...More »

• Case Challenges: Radiology

• A 14-Year-Old Girl Treated for Pyelonephritis

• Pediatric Annals, December 2010, Volume 39 Issue 12
• A 14-year-old girl was being treated for pyelonephritis and had been on ceftriaxone for 2 days as an inpatient. She presented with mild fever of 99.4°F,...More »

• In the Journals

• Addison’s disease increases risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes

• Endocrine Today, November 2010
• Women with diagnosed and undiagnosed autoimmune Addison’s disease are at increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight and other unfavorable...More »

• In the Journals

• Task force recommends against prenatal treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia

• October 15, 2010
• A task force convened by the Endocrine Society has created a new clinical practice guideline for congenital adrenal hyperplasia that recommends universal...More »

• Imaging Analysis

• Flushing, diaphoresis and palpitations in a woman with a retroperitoneal mass

• Endocrine Today, May 2010
  Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD
• A 34-year-old woman was referred for a four-year history of episodic hypertension, palpitations, flushing and diaphoresis.
  The patient presented four years...More »

• LRP5 polymorphisms may be associated with increased bone mass in prepubertal children with premature adrenarche

• November 23, 2009
• Prepubertal children with premature adrenarche had higher bone mineral density when compared with healthy children in a new cross-sectional study....More »

• In the Journals

• Glucocorticoid treatment additionally affected bone mass in women treated for Cushing’s syndrome

• November 20, 2009
• Researchers have identified an additional deleterious effect of glucocorticoid therapy in women treated for Cushing’s syndrome.
  "Duration of both...More »

• In the Journals

• Anti-21-hydroxylase antibodies, HLA class II predicted Addison’s disease

• Endocrine Today, November 2009
• New observational Norwegian registry data reveal that Addison’s disease is almost exclusively autoimmune, and is associated with high autoimmune...More »

• In the Journals

• Subclinical hypercortisolism was associated with low BMD

• March 9, 2009
• Researchers have discovered a high prevalence of vertebral fractures and low bone mineral density among eugonadal men with adrenal incidentalomas.
  “The...More »

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