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Estado actual de la terapia de reemplazo hormonal y riesgo de cáncer de mama

Rev. argent. mastología; 38 (140), 2019
Si entendemos que el cáncer de mama es la principal causa de muerte por cáncer entre las mujeres, con una incidencia en la Argentina de 21.000 casos nuevos por año, y que una de cada 8 mujeres lo va a padecer si logra llegar a la expectativa de vida de 80 años, y que su mayor incidencia ocurre en la ...

Fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares e ingestão dietética em mulheres climatéricas não usuárias de Terapia de Reposição Hormonal (TRH)

Neste trabalho foram avaliados os fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares (DCV) e o consumo alimentar de mulheres climatéricas não usuárias de terapia de reposição hormonal (TRH), de acordo com os períodos climatéricos. Trata-se de um estudo transversal...

Personalized approach to growth hormone replacement in adults

ABSTRACT Growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) in adults is well-characterized and includes abnormal body composition, reduced bone mass, an adverse cardiovascular risk profile, and impaired quality of life. In the early 1990s, it was also shown that patients with hypopituitarism without GH replacement th...

Human chorionic gonadotropin monotherapy for the treatment of hypogonadal symptoms in men with total testosterone > 300 ng/dL

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose The 2018 American Urological Association guidelines on the Evaluation and Management of Testosterone Deficiency recommended that 300 ng/dL be used as the threshold for prescribing testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). However, it is not uncommon for men to present with signs and symp...

Tratamiento hormonal y sus complicaciones en el paciente con disforia de género

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 30 (2), 2019
RESUMEN Introducción: Las personas con disforia de género sienten incongruencia entre el sexo con el que nacen y aquel al que sienten pertenecer, por lo que necesitan adaptar su cuerpo a este último, y uno de los pilares en el logro de ese propósito es el empleo del tratamiento hormonal cruzado. Ob...

Resolution of fatty liver disease after growth hormone replacement in a pediatric survivor of thyroid cancer

Abstract Background A rare case of primary papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and growth hormone (GH) deficiency in a pediatric patient is described. In addition, the patient developed fatty liver disease attributed to GH deficiency. Case report A 10-year-old male with a history of PTC with extension to th...

Does having Turner syndrome affect quality of life in Brazilian women compared to common population?

ABSTRACT Objectives We aimed to measure the quality of life (QoL) of patients with Turner syndrome (PTS) and determine the extent to which their clinical or laboratory alterations influence QoL compared to reference women (RW) of the same age range. Subjects and methods From Dec-2013 to Dec-2014, 90 ...

Estrogens: possible protection against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?