We measured serum thyroxine (free and total), triiodothyronine (free and total), thyroxine-binding globulin, and triiodothyronine uptake by talc in 97 normal men and 50 pregnant women. Mean serum thyroxine and triiodothyronine concentrations were higher in the pregnant subjects (104 vs. 78 mug/liter and 1.69 vs. 1.30 mug/liter) because of a higher mean thyroxine-binding globulin concentration (...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate whether treatment with acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, improved hyperandrogenic symptoms, insulin and androgen serum concentrations in hyperinsulinaemic patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS 30 hyperinsulinaemic women with PCOS and 15 controls were evaluated. Patients were randomized, using a computer-generated rando...

Thyroid hormone state was assessed in a group of postmenopausal women who had received long term treatment with oestrogen. Serum concentrations of total thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and thyroxine binding globulin were raised compared with those in a control group given placebo; serum concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone did not differ between the groups. Oestrogen treatment resulted in...

In serum of patients with nephrosis both albumin and globulin showed by osmotic pressure nearly double the molecular weights of normal albumin and globulin. In the urines of such patients, on the other hand, both proteins showed molecular weights lower even than in normal serum. The colloidal osmotic pressures were measured by the author's method at such dilutions that the van't Hoff law relati...

The current experiment was aimed to explore the influencing of sex-linked dwarf gene on some fertility hormones and biochemical profile in normal local roosters. Thirty roosters at age 28 weeks were housed opened system for 6 weeks. At end 6th week, blood samples collected from all centrifuged obtained sera measuring concentrations Interstitial cell stimulating hormone 'ICSH', Follicle 'FSH' te...

In nephrosclerosis (Volhard and Fahr classification of nephritis) there was no decrease in the plasma proteins. With heart failure the ratio of albumin to globulin fell from the normal 1.7 +/- 0.3 to about 1. There is a sharp difference between the two types of glomerulonephritis in the effect on plasma proteins. In the vascular-interstitial type the effect was the same as in nephrosclerosis. T...

 Abstract Background: Lymphoproliferative disorders are among the most serious and potentially fatal complications of chronic immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients. The principle risk factors for development of PTLD are the degree of overall immunosuppression and the EBV serostatus of the recipient. In this study, the risk of PTLD in kidney transplant recipients who received Anti- L...