Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, as Assessed by Fecal Elastase-1 Levels, in Diabetic Patients: An Estimate of Prevalence in Prospective Studies

Angelo Andriulli, Antonio Massimo Ippolito, Virginia Festa, Maria Rosa Valvano, Antonio Merla, Fabrizio Bossa, Grazia Niro, Grazia Napolitano, Luigi Benini and Italo Vantini

Objective: To assess the prevalence of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) inpatients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Design: Meta-a..Ver más»

Quality of life, emotional difficulties, and high blood sugar (HbA1c) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Eknoyan

In a Danish public check of adolescents with T1D, roughly one- third of actors had gluttony or binge eating symptoms, similar with the in a U.S T2D population. Increased b..Ver más»

Occult Node Metastasis in Early Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Qi-Gen Fang

Tongue squamous cell carcinoma was the most common malignancy in oral cavity, the management of clinically negative neck nodes (N0) remains controversial. From 2005 to 2012, pat..Ver más»

Role of Androgen: Overview

Reeman Neonpough

Androgens are C-19 steroid hormones produced predominantly by the testis and adrenal cortex [1].Androgens, the most prominent male sex steroids, are essential for the formation ..Ver más»

Assessment of 8-Hydroxy-2-Deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as a Diagnostic Marker for Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Egyptian Diabetic Patients

Asmaa M Soliman, Elham T Awad, Abdelrahman B Abdelghffar, Ibrahim A Emara and Eman M abd El Azeem

Aim of the work: To identify the relationship between serum concentration of 7,8-dihydro-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and different st..Ver más»

Vitamin D and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Gene Modulation Following Exposure to a Diabetic-Like Environment

Tali Zitman-Gal, Janice Green, Metsada Pasmanik-Chor, Varda Oron-Karni, Jacques Bernheim and Sydney Benchetrit

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the leading causes of chronic vascular disease, which can accelerate the development of cardiovascular and renal disorders. Vascular..Ver más»