Invited Review:

Renato Pasquali and Alessandra Gambineri

Insulin-sensitizing agents in polycystic ovary syndrome
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 763-775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentary:

Gerasimos E Krassas and Wilmar Wiersinga

Smoking and autoimmune thyroid disease: the plot thickens
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 777-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Highlight:

Jörg Dötsch, Ina Knerr, Wolfgang Rascher, and Udo Meißner

Does defective hypoxia signalling cause type 2 diabetes?
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 781-782. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Topic for Discussion:

Salman Razvi, Bijay Vaidya, Petros Perros, and Simon H S Pearce

What is the evidence behind the evidence-base? The premature death of block-replace antithyroid drug regimens for Graves’ disease
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 783-786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Consensus Statement:

Furio Pacini, Martin Schlumberger, Henning Dralle, Rossella Elisei, Johannes W A Smit, Wilmar Wiersinga the European Thyroid Cancer Taskforce

European consensus for the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma of the follicular epithelium
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 787-803. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

J Feenstra, M O van Aken, W W de Herder, R A Feelders, and A J van der Lely

Drug-induced hepatitis in an acromegalic patient during combined treatment with pegvisomant and octreotide long-acting repeatable attributed to the use of pegvisomant
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 805-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malebranche Berardo C Cunha Neto, Márcio Carlos Machado, Flávia Mesquita, Nina Rosa de Castro Musolino, Andrea Cecília Toscanini, Gilberto Ochman, Valter Angelo S Cescato, Raul Marino, Jr, and Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira

Thymus hyperplasia after resolution of hypercortisolism in ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome: the importance of thymic vein catheterization
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 807-811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mara Boschetti, Massimo De Lucchi, Massimo Giusti, Claudio Spena, Guido Corallo, Umberto Goglia, Enrica Ceresola, Eugenia Resmini, Lara Vera, Francesco Minuto, and Diego Ferone

Partial visual recovery from radiation-induced optic neuropathy after hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a patient with Cushing disease
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 813-818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Studies:

Jantien P Brouwer, Bente C Appelhof, Robin P Peeters, Witte J G Hoogendijk, Jochanan Huyser, Aart H Schene, Jan G P Tijssen, Richard Van Dyck, Theo J Visser, Wilmar M Wiersinga, and Eric Fliers

Thyrotropin, but not a polymorphism in type II deiodinase, predicts response to paroxetine in major depression
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 819-825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas C Lazaris, Sofia Tseleni-Balafouta, Thomas Papathomas, Theodore Brousalis, Georgia Thomopoulou, George Agrogiannis, and Efstratios S Patsouris

Immunohistochemical investigation of angiogenic factors in parathyroid proliferative lesions
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 827-833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Christine Vantyghem, Isabelle Fajardy, Florence Dhondt, Caroline Girardot, Michèle D’Herbomez, Pierre-Marie Danze, Jean Rousseaux, and Jean-Louis Wemeau

Phenotype and HFE genotype in a population with abnormal iron markers recruited from an Endocrinology Department
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 835-841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernhard Saller, Anders F Mattsson, Peter H Kann, Hans P Koppeschaar, Johan Svensson, Marjolein Pompen, and Maria Koltowska-Häggström

Healthcare utilization, quality of life and patient-reported outcomes during two years of GH replacement therapy in GH-deficient adults – comparison between Sweden, The Netherlands and Germany
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 843-850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A A van der Klaauw, A M Pereira, S W van Thiel, J W A Smit, E P M Corssmit, N R Biermasz, M Frolich, A Iranmanesh, J D Veldhuis, F Roelfsema, and J A Romijn

GH deficiency in patients irradiated for acromegaly: significance of GH stimulatory tests in relation to the 24 h GH secretion
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 851-858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Luczay, D Török, A Ferenczi, J Majnik, J Sólyom, and Gy Fekete

Potential advantage of N363S glucocorticoid receptor polymorphism in 21-hydroxylase deficiency
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 859-864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline Schirpenbach, Lysann Seiler, Christiane Maser-Gluth, Frank Rüdiger, Christian Nickel, Felix Beuschlein, and Martin Reincke

Confirmatory testing in normokalaemic primary aldosteronism: the value of the saline infusion test and urinary aldosterone metabolites
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 865-873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Alevizaki, Katerina Saltiki, Emily Mantzou, Eleni Anastasiou, and Ilpo Huhtaniemi

The adrenal gland may be a target of LH action in postmenopausal women
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 875-881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Dagre, J Lekakis, C Mihas, A Protogerou, L Thalassinou, D Tryfonopoulos, G Douridas, C Papamichael, and M Alevizaki

Association of dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate with endothelial function in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 883-890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liat de Vries, Gadi Horev, Michael Schwartz, and Moshe Phillip

Ultrasonographic and clinical parameters for early differentiation between precocious puberty and premature thelarche
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 891-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D Kapoor, E Goodwin, K S Channer, and T H Jones

Testosterone replacement therapy improves insulin resistance, glycaemic control, visceral adiposity and hypercholesterolaemia in hypogonadal men with type 2 diabetes
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 899-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irene Lambrinoudaki, George Christodoulakos, Demetrios Rizos, Emmanuel Economou, John Argeitis, Sofia Vlachou, Maria Creatsa, Evangelia Kouskouni, and Dimitrios Botsis

Endogenous sex hormones and risk factors for atherosclerosis in healthy Greek postmenopausal women
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 907-916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Anastasio Salazar and James R Wright, Jr

Islet xenotransplantation clinical trial: does histology show islet cells?
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 917-918. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael Valdes-González

Reply to ‘Islet xenotransplantation clinical trial: does histology show islet cells?’
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 919. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Megan Sykes and Emanuele Cozzi

Xenotransplantation of pig islets into Mexican children: Were the fundamental ethical requirements to proceed with such a study really met?
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 921-922. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael Valdés-González

Reply to Sykes and Cozzi: ‘Xenotransplantation of porcine neonatal islets of Langerhans and Sertolli cells’
Eur J Endocrinol 2006 154: 923. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.