SARS-COV-2 as a trigger for autoimmune disease: report of two cases of Graves’ disease after COVID-19
Published in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Published in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Published in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2, represents an unprecedented challenge for healthcare. COVID-19 features a state of hyperinflammation resulting in a “cytokine storm”, which leads to severe complications, such as the development of micro-thrombosis and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Despite isolation measures, ...
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Purpose Reliable cut-offs for basal (bCT) and calcium stimulated calcitonin (casCT) are needed for an early and accurate diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Patients and methods Fifty-four new patients with nodular goiter were enrolled and analysed together with those previously published by our group for a total of 135 cases. bCT and casC...
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During the Covid-19 pandemic every hospital has had to change its internal organization. Different institutions have highlighted the risks connected with endoscopic endonasal surgery. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the feasibility of pituitary region surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. After two negative Covid tests were obtained, thre...
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation
Published in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Objective To evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine as add-on therapy in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes patients who were using two oral antidiabetic drugs. Materials and methods This was a double blind, placebo controlled, parallel group study in 304 inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes (T2DM) subjects with two oral antidiabetic d...
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We compared the sexual function in women with classic forms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to find if the cause of androgen excess determines sexual functioning. Hundred and four women (21 with CAH, 63 with PCOS and 20 healthy controls) aged 18-40 years were included into the study. All participants com...
Published in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Published in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation