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Predictors of recurrence of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: a multicenter study in Piedmont, Italy
The available data on the natural history of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas after radical surgery are heterogeneous and discordant. The aim of our retrospective multicenter study was to find predictors o...
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Comparison of Reverse Triage with National Early Warning Score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Charlson Comorbidity Index to classify medical inpatients of an Italian II level hospital according to their resource’s need
Resource allocation in our overcrowded hospitals would require classification of inpatients according to the severity of illness, the evolving risk and the clinical complexity. Reverse triage (RT) is a method ...
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Novel mutation of PPOX gene in a patient with abdominal pain and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis
Acute porphyrias are metabolic disorders of heme biosynthesis characterized by acute life-threatening attacks. The diagnosis is often missed since clinical presentation is aspecific mimicking other medical and...
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Growth hormone values after an oral glucose load do not add clinically useful information in patients with acromegaly on long-term somatostatin receptor ligand treatment
The optimal method of assessing GH status in acromegalic patients receiving medical therapy with somatostatin analogs (SSA) has been matter of debate. The aim of the study has been to investigate whether OGTT ...
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May an Altered Hypothalamo–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Contribute to Cortical Bone Damage in Primary Hyperparathyroidism?
Cortisol secretion has been reported to be increased in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Our aim was to evaluate circulating and urinary cortisol levels and the relationships with biochemical and bone param...
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Farmaci interferenti sulla steroidogenesi cortico-surrenalica
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Secondary hypoadrenalism
Secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI) is a clinical disorder that results from hypothalamic or hypophyseal damage or from prolonged administration of supraphysiological doses of glucocorticoids. Since glucocor...
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Rapporto tra acromegalia e neoplasia: fantasia o realtà?
Se l’acromegalia sia associata, o meno, ad un aumentato rischio di neoplasia rimane un problema assai dibattuto. La mancanza di univocità della letteratura è riconducibile a diversi motivi, tra i quali il più ...
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Subclinical Cushing's Syndrome
Clinically inapparent adrenal masses, or adrenal incidentalomas, are discovered inadvertently in the course of workup or treatment of unrelated disorders. Cortical adenoma is the most frequent type of adrenal ...
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Serum levels of bone GLA protein (osteocalcin, BGP) and carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) in acromegly: Effects of long-term octreotide treatment
We measured serum concentrations of bone Glaprotein (osteocalcin, BGP) and carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) in 14 patients with active acromegaly. Blood was collected at 0800 for measure...
