Search Results - "Markantes, Georgios K."
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Low-Glycemic Load Diets and Thyroid Function: A Narrative Review and Future Perspectives
Published in Nutrients (01-01-2024)“…Nutrition and calorie intake are associated with subtle changes of thyroid function tests in subjects with an intact Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid axis…”
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Benign thyroid nodules respond to a single administration of 0.3mg recombinant human thyrotropin with highly variable volume increase
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (06-01-2023)“…The nature of thyroid nodules is heterogenous. Most of them are benign and, in the absence of pressure symptoms of adjunct structures, no treatment is needed…”
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Placental mRNA Expression of Neurokinin B Is Increased in PCOS Pregnancies with Female Offspring
Published in Biomedicines (01-02-2024)“…Current research suggests that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) might originate in utero and implicates the placenta in its pathogenesis. Kisspeptin (KISS1)…”
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Therapeutic Equivalence of a New Preparation of Liquid Levothyroxine with Tablets in Patients with Overt Primary Hypothyroidism
Published in European thyroid journal (01-03-2021)“…Background: A new liquid levothyroxine (LT4) dissolved in glycerol and water has recently been developed by a Greek pharmaceutical company (Uni-Pharma, Athens,…”
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Severe hypovitaminosis D in pregnant refugees arriving in Europe: neonatal outcomes and importance of prenatal intervention
Published in Endocrine Connections (10-01-2022)“…Adequate vitamin D levels are particularly important in pregnant women for both maternal and neonatal health. Prior studies have shown a significantly high…”
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Plasma Beta-Glucuronidase Activity: A Novel Tool to Distinguish Type 1 from Type 2 Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis?
Published in European thyroid journal (01-07-2019)“…Background: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is a common and deleterious side effect of amiodarone use. There are two types of AIT, characterized by…”
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Differences in thyroid function tests after administration of a single supraphysiological dose of ACTH or a high dose of a synthetic steroid
Published in Steroids (01-06-2022)“…[Display omitted] •Synthetic steroids suppress the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis.•The effect of ACTH on thyroid function is not established.•Effect…”
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Poseidon and Caeneus: a case of pubertal gender inversion in Greek mythology
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-06-2024)“…Disorders of sex development (DSDs) are very frequently encountered in ancient Greek mythology. One of the most striking types of DSD described in many myths…”
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Impaired Sexual Function in Young Women With PCOS: The Detrimental Effect of Anovulation
Published in Journal of sexual medicine (01-11-2021)“…Even though polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive disorder affecting young women, its impact on their sexual health is not well known. To…”
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Expression stability of ACTB, 18S, and GAPDH in human placental tissues from subjects with PCOS and controls: GAPDH expression is increased in PCOS
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-06-2022)“…Purpose The aim was to assess the expression stability of three commonly used reference genes, namely, β-actin ( ACTB ), 18S ribosomal RNA ( 18S ), and…”
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Endocrine disruptors in ancient times and Greek mythology: the spring of Salmacis and the curse of Hermaphroditus
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-12-2022)“…According to Greek mythology, the spring waters of Salmacis (or Salmakis) feminized the god Hermaphroditus (or Hermaphroditos) and transformed his nature from…”
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Leucippus, either male or death: a case of sex reversal by divine intervention
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-06-2021)“…The concept of metamorphosis (change of form, structure, or substance) is very frequently encountered in Ancient Greek and Roman literature. One of the most…”
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Improving the prediction of persistent and recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer using the American Thyroid Association 2015 risk stratification system
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-12-2021)“…Purpose The 2015 American Thyroid Association risk stratification system (ATA RSS) is used in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) to assess…”
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A manless adultery: the story of Bassa as related in a Marcus Valerius Martialis’ epigram
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-12-2021)“…During the Golden Age of the Roman Empire, Rome was transformed into a magnificent city where architecture, the arts, and commerce flourished. An inconceivable…”
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Teenage pregnancies in Western Greece: experience from a university hospital setting
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-03-2022)“…Purpose Teenage pregnancies have consistently been associated with preterm labor in a wide range of studies. Evidence regarding the incidence and potential…”
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Pediatric endocrinology: an overview of the last decade
Published in Hormones (Athens, Greece) (01-12-2018)“…Over the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the field of pediatric endocrinology. However, there is still a long way to go regarding the…”
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A shift to more targeted thyroidectomies increased the detection of thyroid cancer and in particular low‐risk papillary tumors in Southwestern Greece the decade 2007 to 2016
Published in Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology (01-12-2020)“…Objectives Data regarding thyroid cancer (TC) epidemiology in Greece in the last decade are scarce, so we investigated the trends in TC detection during 2007…”
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Menophila: a poetic description of genital ambiguity in Hellenistic literature
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Menophila: a poetic description of genital ambiguity in Hellenistic literature
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The male bride: a story of Sexual Female-to-Male Transformation at marriage from the Hellenistic period, recorded by Phlegon of Tralles
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