Endocrinology

Production, partial characterization and antioxidant properties of exopolysaccharide α-d-glucan produced by KC117496 isolated from an idli batter.

Exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced from KC117496 isolated from the naturally fermented batter has been reported earlier. Here, study aimed to optimize the carbon source to enhance the yield of EPS production, partial characterization and antioxidant activity of α-d-glucan EPS. Among different disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose) and monosaccharides (glucose, galactose and fructose), combinati...

Circulating betatrophin in relation to metabolic, inflammatory parameters, and oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

AIMS: Recently, it was suggested that betatrophin has a role in controlling pancreatic β cell proliferation and lipid metabolism, however, its role in human subjects has not been established yet. The predicting role of betatrophin and MDA along with other biochemical indicators in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a sample of the Iraqi population was examined in the present investigation.

Serum adipocytokines are associated with microalbuminuria in patients with type 1 diabetes and incipient chronic complications.

AIMS: Recent studies have implicated possible contribution of adipocytokines in development and progression of microvascular complications in patients...

A Deep Automated Skeletal Bone Age Assessment Model with Heterogeneous Features Learning.

Skeletal bone age assessment is a widely used standard procedure in both disease detection and growth prediction for children in endocrinology. Conven...

Patch-based classification of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images using direction independent features extracted by two-threshold binary decomposition.

Ultrasound imaging of the thyroid gland is considered to be the best diagnostic choice for evaluating thyroid nodules in early stages, since it has be...

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis from Retinal Images Using Modified Hopfield Neural Network.

Disease diagnosis from medical images has become increasingly important in medical science. Abnormality identification in retinal images has become a ...

Regression Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Pediatric Bone Age Assessment From Hand Radiograph.

Skeletal bone age assessment is a common clinical practice to investigate endocrinology, and genetic and growth disorders of children. However, clinic...

The Impact of Esophageal Compression on Goiter Symptoms before and after Thyroid Surgery.

INTRODUCTION: Benign nodular goiter may be associated with swallowing difficulties, but insight into the associated pathophysiology is limited. The ai...

Stacked classifiers for individualized prediction of glycemic control following initiation of metformin therapy in type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVE: Metformin is the preferred first-line medication for management of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. However, over a third of patients exper...

Growth of Pituitary Macroadenomas Postpartial Resection: Implications for Adjuvant Radiotherapy.

 To determine the volumetric growth in macroadenomas (MAs) patients with residual postoperative disease and to identify subpopulations with rapid pos...

High triglycerides to HDL-cholesterol ratio is associated with insulin resistance in normal-weight healthy adults.

AIM: To evaluate the association between high triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio and insulin resistance (IR) or hyperinsulinemia after oral...

Transforming Diabetes Care Through Artificial Intelligence: The Future Is Here.

An estimated 425 million people globally have diabetes, accounting for 12% of the world's health expenditures, and yet 1 in 2 persons remain undiagnos...

[An unusual cause of jaundice].

Hepatic impairment is common during hyperthyroidism. It is most often asymptomatic. Hyperthyroidism revealed by jaundice has been rarely described in ...

The basal to total insulin ratio in outpatients with diabetes on basal-bolus regimen.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the basal/total ratio of daily insulin dose (b/T) in outpatients with diabetes type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2) on basal-bolus reg...

Preoperative prediction of cavernous sinus invasion by pituitary adenomas using a radiomics method based on magnetic resonance images.

OBJECTIVES: To predict cavernous sinus (CS) invasion by pituitary adenomas (PAs) pre-operatively using a radiomics method based on contrast-enhanced T...

Evaluation of Commonly Used Algorithms for Thyroid Ultrasound Images Segmentation and Improvement Using Machine Learning Approaches.

The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the human body, which is involved in several body mechanisms like controlling protein synthesis ...

Machine learning ensemble models predict total charges and drivers of cost for transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumor.

OBJECTIVE: Efficient allocation of resources in the healthcare system enables providers to care for more and needier patients. Identifying drivers of ...

Improved glycaemic control and lower hypoglycaemia risk with reduced prior oral antidiabetes drug therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin glargine 300 U/mL.

AIMS: Data from the EDITION 3 randomized study and the Clinformatics claims database were analysed to determine whether insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Gla...

Digital diabetes: Perspectives for diabetes prevention, management and research.

Digital medicine, digital research and artificial intelligence (AI) have the power to transform the field of diabetes with continuous and no-burden re...

Relative Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is an acute hepatic inflammation associated with high morbidity and mortality. Treatment with steroids is kn...