Alptekin Gursoy

..We thought that high adjusted-dose RAI might be an attractive alternative to thyroid gland ablation in patients with type-2 AIT...

..9 g/dl and hematocrit 44.8%. Thus, Cushing's syndrome should be a routine part of evaluation of unexplained polycythemia...

..025%. None of the reviewed patients had thyroid dysfunction. Our community-based data is in accordance with previous studies in terms of prevalence and male-to-female ratio...

..Practically speaking, a target TSH level of less than 2 might be advisable to lower CRP levels and homocysteine levels, and possibly lipid parameters...

..Further studies are needed to evaluate the role of this polymorphism in the clinical behavior of MTC...

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..Intravenous insulin is a low-cost and effective alternative treatment in hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis during pregnancy. To our knowledge, such a high triglyceride level has not previously been reported in pregnancy...

..05 vs. last visit for both groups, p>0.05 between groups). Both drugs in an obesity management program can achieve substantial weight loss. However, noncompliance and rebound weight regain after noncompliance are considerable problems...

..It can be hypothesized that a relationship between the IR and thyroid cancer could be one reason for increasing incidence in the world...

..The aim of this study was to determine the analgesic efficacy of EMLA for FNAB-associated pain in patients with NTD...

..In this double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, we evaluated the effectiveness of a needle-free injection of lidocaine in achieving satisfactory pain control in patients undergoing FNAB of thyroid nodules...

..To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of AF presenting as panhypopituitarism with central diabetes insipidus...

..In subjects with TSH levels higher than 5 microIU/mL, PPL risk was increased sevenfold. The results of this study show that postprandial triglyceride metabolism is affected in hypothyroidism...

..All groups were comparable in hypoglycemic episodes. No serious adverse event was noted in any group...

..The aim of our study is to examine thyroid volume and nodule prevalence in a case-control study of patients with MetS in a mild-to-moderate iodine-deficient area...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of thyroid dysfunction on BNP levels...

..One-third of benign thyroid nodules showed continuous growth, one-third remained unchanged, and the other third decreased in size...

..Graves' patients with uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis should be under careful surveillance when PGT is planned. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of life-threatening acute pulmonary edema caused by PGT in GO...

..Our aim was to determine the prevalence and clinicopathological characteristics of thyroid cancers in the dialysis population and to evaluate the potential risk factors...

..This report includes our clinical and molecular experience on Turkish MEN 2 families and patients with sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma diagnosed and treated between 1994 and 2005...

..The genotype frequencies of VDR were not statistically different between patients with osteoporosis and the control group. Among VDR haplotypes, bbAATT and bbTtAa are more frequent in the osteoporosis group than the control group...

..Our objectives were to evaluate the effect of rosiglitazone on bone metabolism and to assess the association between changes in bone turnover parameters and plasma cytokine levels in postmenopausal diabetic women...

..To eliminate inherent bias of retrospective studies, this prospective study was carried out to evaluate the true malignancy rate of unselected thyroid nodules in patients with HT who underwent fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)...

..In this prospective study, we compared palpation-guided FNAB (PGFNAB) with ultrasound-guided FNAB (UGFNAB) to establish the rates of inadequate material and cost-effectiveness...

..In this fasting sample of patients with type 2 diabetes, glimepiride, repaglinide, and insulin glargine did not produce significant changes in glucose and lipid parameters...

..We investigated the effects of l-T(4) therapy on RV function in patients with SH using PWTDI...

..CONCLUSIONS: Our follow-up of patients with asymptomatic PHPT revealed no progression of calcium and glucose metabolism abnormalities, insulin sensitivity, and loss of BMD during the 18-month study period...

..CONCLUSIONS: IOH causes significant target organ damage and should not be regarded as a benign condition...

..Attentiveness about the phenotypic characteristics and unusual findings might lead to early and correct diagnosis of the MEN 2B syndrome. This approach improves the survival rate and quality of life considerably...

..To determine whether a difference exists in terms of obtaining adequate cytologic samples from ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (US-FNAC) between experienced and inexperienced physicians in a tertiary referral center...

..We report a case of gynaecomastia in a man (in which the only aetiologic factor identified was nettle tea consumption) and a case of galactorrhoea in a woman (in which the only aetiologic factor identified was also nettle tea ingestion)...

..This study demonstrates an association between ECOPD and its duration with the MetS. The systemic inflammation induced by common cytokines may explain the linkage between the two conditions...

..Analysis of two familial cases showed that only the affected individuals demonstrate skewed XCI patterns. Based on these results, skewed XCI mosaicism may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of AITDs...

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..These findings show that diabetes insipidus may rarely develop early in the disease process and ANCA positivity was directly indicative of Wegener's granulomatosis before the classic clinical signs of the disease...