An Endocrine Clinic

Report of an Endocrine Clinic

a dose of an aperient or aspirin to the casual patient. Hormone preparations are very expensive and I consider manufacturers are not justified in giving even small amounts broadcast as they do at present, to all and sundry, regardless of the proper selection of cases and control of treatment. One presumes that from the manufacturer's angle their best chance of increasing their sales is to accus...

Therapeutic Outcomes of Hyperthyroidism: A Ten-year Investigation in an Endocrine Clinic in North of Iran

Materials and methods: This descriptive study included all hyperthyroid patients. All therapeutic results were recorded and analyzed. Results: In this study, 329 records were studied and 104 patients met the study inclusion criteria. Graves' disease (GD) and toxic adenoma were reported in 94% and 6%, respectively. Among the patients with GD, 30.5% (21.7-40.3%) did not respond to initial ATD tr...

Essential Medicines for Children: An Endocrine Perspective

Autoimmune thyroid disease in northern Iranian children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Amirkola Endocrine Clinic

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) as an autoimmune disorder is associated with other autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune thyroid (AIT) disease. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of AIT in children who were referred to Amirkola Endocrine Clinic (north of Iran). Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 diabetic children aged 1-15 years during ...

PREVALENCE OF HYPERCALCEMIA AND HYPERCALCIURIA IN THYROTOXIC PATIENTS OF A REFERRAL ENDOCRINE CLINIC

Many patients with thyrotoxicosis develop hypercalciuria and nypercalcemia. Urine calcium excretion depends on diet, latitude and sunshine exposure. With regard to variation of these indices in different geographical regions, we conducted a one-year study on 202 patients, 65 males and 137 females, with thyrotoxicosis of varying severity. The mean age of patients was 35.24±11.95 and 35.87±1...