ENDOCRINOLOGY

Klinefelter Syndrome

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Congenital Acquired Klinefelter syndrome Trauma Cryptorchidism Orchitis Immune polyglandular failure Spinal cord injury Congenital anorchia Medications: ketoconazole, cancer chemotherapy Noonan’s syndrome X-irradiation Lawrence–Moon–Bardet–Biedl syndrome Retroperitoneal fibrosis Myotonic dystrophy Amyloidosis Sickle…

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Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer

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Fig. 17.1 An unsuspected paraspinal mass in a patient with a history of toxic multinodular goiter and progressive low back pain. A paraspinal mass is shown at L3, with complete…

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Low Testosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome

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Ref Testosterone, ng/dL (nmol/L) SHBG (nmol/L) LH (mIU/mL) Estradiol, pg/mL (pmol/L) Baseline Post Baseline Post Baseline Post Baseline Post 1 13.4 ± 1.8 +58 %*   4.9 ± 0.8 +8 %   2 340 ± 21 +100 %*    …

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The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

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Fig. 51.1 (a–c) Note the sensitivity to insulin in lean subjects with PCOS is similar to that of normal obese control. It is apparent that the extreme lowest insulin sensitivity…

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Introduction

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_49 49. Introduction Robert T. Yanagisawa1   and Derek LeRoith1 (1) Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount…

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Introduction

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_45 45. Introduction Neil J. Stone1   (1) Bonow Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Suzanne and Milton Davidson Distinguished…

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LDL-Apheresis Therapy for Refractory Familial Hypercholesterolemia

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(1) Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Ave, Room 5G1, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA   KeywordsLDL-apheresis therapyRefractory familial hypercholesterolemiaAutosomal codominantGeneticLDL receptorsClear serum LDL cholesterolFH patientsHomozygous patients…

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