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Outcome of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy treated by radiation therapy
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Thyroid associated orbitopathy is a common manifestation of Graves disease. Many options can be considered for treatment. In this case series, we reviewed the medical records of 17 patients who received radiation therapy (RT) for GO in a tertiary care center between 1997 and 2007....
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DOAJ-Articles
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Outcome of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy treated by radiation therapy
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Thyroid associated orbitopathy is a common manifestation of Graves disease. Many options can be considered for treatment. In this case series, we reviewed the medical records of 17 patients who received radiation therapy (RT) for GO in a tertiary care center between 1997 and 2007. All patients recei...
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Europe PubMed Central
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English
Role of Gut-Related Peptides and Other Hormones in the Amelioration of Type 2 Diabetes after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective and durable therapy for obesity. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, the most commonly performed procedure worldwide, causes substantial weight loss and improvement in several comorbidities associated with obesity, especially type 2 diabetes. Several m...
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Europe PubMed Central
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English
Authors' refute careless talk about ADP receptor antagonists
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Europe PubMed Central
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Ticlopidine associated with acute arthritis
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Europe PubMed Central
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The co-existence of primary hyperparathyroidism and osteogenesis imperfecta
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A 47-year-old patient suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta was found to have mild hypercalcemia. The latter proved to be due to a parathyroid adenoma. The clinical and laboratory features of this association are summarized, and the implications of serum calcium abnormalities in osteogenesis imperf...
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Europe PubMed Central
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English
Rapid correction by 1-α-hydroxycholecalciferol of hemichorea in surgical hypoparathyroidism
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A 45-year-old woman with long standing surgical hypoparathyroidism presented with right hemichorea of three months' duration. She had profound hypocalcaemia and hyperphosphataemia and extensive cerebral, cerebellar and basal ganglia calcification. Correction of the chemical abnormalities with 1α-hyd...
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Europe PubMed Central
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Prevalence and determinants of albuminuria in a cohort of diabetic patients in Lebanon
Author(s) :
Taleb Nadine
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Salti Haytham
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Al-Mokaddam Mona
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Merheb Marie
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Salti Ibrahim
,
Nasrallah Mona
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Background and Objectives: Few data are available on the extent of albuminuria in diabetic populations in the Middle East generally and in Lebanon specifically. We conducted this study to determine the prevalence of albuminuria and its major risk factors in a cohort of diabetic patients in L...
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DOAJ-Articles
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English
Bullet injury to the pituitary gland: a rare cause of panhypopituitarism
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An unusual case of head injury with a direct bullet injury to the pituitary gland is described. The hormonal profile one month after the injury showed severe panhypopituitatism which did not improve one month after surgical removal of the intrasellar bullet fragment.
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Europe PubMed Central
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English
Thyrotropin secreting pituitary tumours: a cause of hyperthyroidism
Author(s) :
Salti, Ibrahim S
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Nuwayri-Salti, Nuha
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Bergman, Ronald A
,
Nassar, Sami I
,
Muakkasah, Kamel F
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Fakhri-Sahli, Itaf
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Pituitary thyrotropin excess resulting in hyperthyroidism has been previously reported in only 25 patients, of whom 19 had a pituitary tumour. This report describes a patient in whom a thyrotropin-producing pituitary tumour was associated with triiodothyronine thyrotoxicosis. Hypophysectomy was foll...
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Europe PubMed Central
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English
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