193rd Meeting for the Society for Endocrinology

Programme: Attended Posters

Mon 4 Nov | Tues 5 Nov | Wed 6 Nov | Attended Posters

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Bone
P98 Effect of altered PTH sensitivity on baseline bone mineral density in patients with untreated adult growth hormone deficiency
White HD, Ahmad AM, Peter R, Syed AA, Chandran S, Durham BH, Fraser WD & Vora JP
     
P99 Gender variation in PTH sensitivity following growth hormone replacement in adult growth hormone deficient patients
White HD, Ahmad AM, Chandran S, Clewes A, Thomas J, Durham BH, Vora JP & Fraser WD
    
P1 Osteoporosis: A disappearing manifestation of Cushing's syndrome.
Searle E, Darzy K, Adams J & Shalet SM
    
P2 Hyperparathyroidism and osteomalacia - primary or tertiary?
Morganstein DL & Cassar J
   
P3 Bone mineral density in children with pubertal gynecomastia
Zosi P, Pizanias S, Ouzouni G, Triantafyllidis G, Karakaidos D, Efstathiadou E & Karis C
    
P4 Determinants of bone density and height in women with androgen insenstivity, 46XY gonadal dysgenesis and 46XX gonadal dysgenesis
Trikudanathan S & Conway G
   
P5 The effect of calcium intake on parathyroid hormone (PTH) in postmenopausal women
Jabbar S, Drury J & Varey JE
    
Clinical case reports
P6 Bilateral laparascopic adrenalectomy for ectopic ACTH production in aggressive small cell carcinoma of the lung
Kierstan J, Woods DR, Peaston RT, Frewin S, Lennard TW, Bliss RD & Perros P
   
P7 Osteoporosis as the presentation of chromosomally-related endocrinopathy
Lewandowski KC, Chu C, Barth J & Belchetz PE
   
P8 Transient thyrotoxicosis following total laryngectomy
Ravikumar C, Mukhtar SF & Beshyah SA
   
P9 Congenital hypopituitarism presenting as adult-onset hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
Bennett SMA & Quinton R
   
P10 Pituitary tumours in patients with presumed neuroleptic induced hyperprolactinaemia
Nag S & McCulloch AJ
       
P11 Surgical stimulation of a silent corticotroph to secrete
Quinn N, Phillips N, Nelson M, Bridges L & Belchetz P
    
P12 Severe hypercalcemiacaused by a visible parathyroid adenoma in an adolescent female
Das U, Issac H, Kanchi H, Price DA, Humphrey G & Hall CM
   
P13 Two causes of hypocalcaemia
Hundia V, Paisey RB, Bower L, Lewis P & Seymour R
    
P14 Obstructive sleep apnoea: A cause of pseudophaeochromocytoma
Hoy L, Waterhouse M, Haque S, Wedzicha W, Davison A, Khokar A, Chew S, Monson J & Metcalfe K
         
P15 MEN-1 with malignant gastric gastrinoma
Druce M, Barakat MT, Meeran K & Todd JF
      
P16 Spontaneous infarction of parathyroid adenoma resulting in remission of primary hyperparathroidism
Hundia V, Spyer G, Paisey RB, Bower L, Horton S & Isaacs J
     
P17 Diagnostic difficulty with Cushing's syndrome in a patient on anti-tuberculosis therapy
Hatfield ECI, Barakat MT, Todd JF & Meeran K
 
P18 Natural course of pubertal gynecomastia
Zosi P, Karakaidos D, Triantafyllidis G, Milioni N, Franglinos P & Karis C
   
P19 Lithium and parathyroid dysfunction
Patel D, Johnston C & Farid N
   
P20 Persistent thyrotoxicosis following successful treatment of a hot nodule-'double' thyrotoxicosis in a middle aged woman?
Thomas CM, Kemp P & Krentz AJ
     
P21 The study of the relationship between the abdominal obesity, the impaired glucose tolerance and hyperinsulinemia in a bihor county population group
Nabi N, Popa AR & Babes A
   
P22 Secondary diabetes and hypertension: Out of sight, out of mind?
McCulloch AJ & Nag S
     
P23 Bronze diabetes, impotence and pituitary failure, a spectrum of a genetic disorder
Haq M, Rich P & Spring M
     
P24 Hypothalamic dysfunction in Shapiro's syndrome may cause abnormalities of thirst and appetite perception
Albon LM, Kenton AR, MacGregor EJ, Pall HS & Gittoes NJ
     
P25 Histoplasmosis, a rare cause of Addison`s disease: case report
Vargas G, Monteiro M, Santos A, Calhim I, Pina R, Correia M, Lopes V, Carvalho R & Ramos H
     
P26 Heparin induced hyperkalemia
Thomas C, Smeeton F & Leatherdale BA
Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular
P36 Consequences of previous gestational diabetes on aspects of the metabolic syndrome
Kousta E, Efstathiadou Z, Lawrence NJ, Barrett SC, Doré CJ, Johnston DG & McCarthy MI
       
P37 Haemodynamic effects of acute buccal administration of testosterone in men with heart failure
Pugh PJ, Malkin CJ, Jones RD, Channer KS & Jones TH
         
P38 Sex difference in serum leptin concentrations in chinese Type 2 diabetic patients with, or without, nephropathy
Chan NN, Chan WB, Ma RCW, Ng MCY, Lee ZSK, Lai CWK, Tong PCY, So WY & Chan JCN
         
P39 Determinant factors of arterial hypertension in school-age boys in Latvia
Madrevica I, Ligere R & Krikis J
       
P40 Unusual presentation of diabetic foot ulcer
Mousa AM, Knight G, Muzulu S & Rochester JR
          
P41 Plasma adiponectin rises post-prandially in obese, but not in lean, subjects
English PJ, Coughlin SR, Hayden K, Malik IA & Wilding JPH
       
P42 New results of glucose tolerance test in people with a four-year history of impaired glucose tolerance in Zanjan province's rural areas
Sharifi FSH, Jaberi YJ, Agaii MA & Soltani AS
      
P43 Hyperleptinemia and cardiovascular diseases
Sieminska L, Kajdaniuk D, Kos-Kudla B, Marek B, Nowak M & Szelag-Glogowska J
      
P44 A possible role for protein kinase C epsilon in growth hormone signalling
Semple J, Pooley L & Vernon RG
        
P45 Lowering of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in patients followed in a diabetic clinic for 1 year period
Bhaghayath KR & Simmons DL
        
P46 Glucose intolerance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Sieminska L, Kos-Kudla B, Marek B, Kajdaniuk D, Foltyn W, Strzelczyk J & Staszewicz P
       
P47 Characterisation of gene transfer to vascular cell lines using adenoassociated Virus (AAV Serotype-2)
Sen S, Bartlett J & O'Brien T
       
Endocrine tumours and neoplasia
P48 Prolactin, bilirubin and bile acid concentrations in breast cyst fluid
Sikri S, Szamel I, Ghilchik MW & Parish DC
      
P49 Pituitary surgery for Cushing's should be carried out by a specialised neurosurgeon
Collier KS, Mendoza N, Barakat M, Todd J & Meeran K
        
P50 No activating point mutation in cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) in pituitary adenomas, insulinomas and leydig cell tumours
Bibi R, Diaz-Cano S, Vax V, Gueorguiev M, Kola B, Bressac B, Walker G, Grossman AB & Korbonits M
        
P51 Making the diagnosis of Cushing's disease: A cautionary tale
Collier KS, Jackson J, Mendoza N, Barakat M, Todd J & Meeran K
       
P52 No evidence of a role for mutations in the cAMP-dependant Protein Kinase: A regulatory subunit in hyperfunctioning adrenocortical adenomas
Swords FM, Arola J & Clark AJL
         
P53 Midnight cortisol revisited
Noimark D, Barakat MT, Meeran K & Todd JF
       
P54 Cushing's syndrome due to an adrenocortical carcinoma
Nag S & McCulloch AJ
          
P55 Improved 5 year actuarial survival rates in patients with prostate cancer managed by intermittent androgen suppression
Lane TM, Ansell W & Oliver RTD
     
P56 Acromegaly: Treatment outcomes and relationship of growth hormone (GH) to IGF-1
Kodali VRR, Sibal L, Connolly V & Kelly WF
   
P57 Mutations in the SDHB gene cause increased susceptibility to familial phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma: a case report
Razvi SS, Wright MJ & Weaver JU
    
P58 Chasing a parathyroid adenoma
Banerjee M, Hearn AR & Vice PA
       
P59 Prognostic value of calcitonin post-surgery level measurement in patients with medullar thyroid cancer (MTC)
Pulatova NR
       
P60 Modulation of estrogen receptor function: the role of co-regulatory proteins
Fleming FJ, Hill ADK, Mc Dermott EW, O'Higgins N & Young LS
      
P61 Inhibition of ovarian cancer cell growth by 2-methoxyoestradiol-6-oxime
Fishman L, Bennetto DJ, Leese MP, Purohit A, Potter BVL & Reed MJ
     
P62 Cross-sectional study of quality of life (QOL) in patients with acromegaly
Rowles SV, Webb SM, Lee C, Shalet SM & Trainer PJ
      
P63 Asymptomatic neuroendocrine pancreatic tumours associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: What to do?
Monteiro M, Carvalho R, Cavaco B, Cardoso H, Castro R, Santos MJ, Costa M, Correia M & Ramos H
      
P64 The differential expression of 22kDa and 20kDa growth hormone isomers in normal and malignant colon and breast tissue
Mistry R, Kelly PA, Ogunkolade BW, Bustin SA & Jenkins PJ
Growth and development
P65 Acute effect of prolactin on thermoregulation in neonatal lambs
Pearce S, Stephenson T & Symonds ME
      
P66 Impact of maternal dexamethasone treatment on the abundance on mRNA species for insulin like growth factors (IGF's) I and II, and their receptors in perirenal adipose tissue in the late gestation ovine fetus
Bispham J, Stephenson T & Symonds ME
         
P67 Androgen suppresses prostatic cell proliferation and signals for their differentiation
Shidaifat F, Daradka M & Al-Omari R
       
P68 Effect of GABA agonist on mean concentrations of growth hormone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine in women
Khazali H
         
Neuroendocrinology and behaviour
P69 Expression and action of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CaMK's) in pituitary cell-lines and human pituitary adenomas
Fowkes RC, O'Shea L, Sidhu KK, Patel MV, Geddes JF & Burrin JM
        
P70 Pituitary gonadotrophs in neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) knockout mice
Fryer E & Morris JF
      
P71 The effect of phytoestrogens on fluid balance and neurohypophysial function in the rat
Hartley DE, Ladek R, File SE & Forsling ML
       
P72 Absence of TPIT (Tbx19) gene mutations in patients with late onset isolated ACTH deficiency
Metherell LA, Savage MO, Dattani M, Walker J, Clayton PE & Clark AJL
Reproduction
P73 Co-expression of GnRH-1 and NELF peptides in human olfactory neurons
González-Martínez D, MacColl G, Vannelli G & Bouloux P
       
P74 Localisation of type 1 IGF receptor and androgen receptor proteins in small preantral follicles of human ovaries
Webber LJ, Birch RA, Flanagan A, Hardy K & Franks S
     
P75 Characterisation of the pituitary gonadotrophs in middle aged FSH receptor and FSH_ knockout mice
Dighton L, Abel MH, Charlton HM & Christian HC
      
P76 Metformin and weight loss in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Harborne L, Sattar N, Lyall H, Norman J & Fleming R
    
P77 Metformin does not reduce the elevated C-reactive protein observed in obese women with PCOS
Fleming R, Hopkinson Z & Sattar N
     
P78 Interrelationship between leptin, TSH and free fatty acids during fasting in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Diurnal Cosynor analysis
Macut D, Micic D, Cvijovic G, Sumarac M, Kendereski A, Zarkovic M, Bjekic J &Casanueva FF
      
P79 Effect of growth hormone on porcine ovarian cells and its intracellular mechanisms
Sirotkin AV, Makarevich AV, Kwon HB, Kotwica J, Genieser HG & Pivko J
      
Steroids
P80 Determination of normal range of salivary cortisol concentrations in healthy children and adolescents, aged 6-14 years: Its relation with age, sex, height, weight and BMI
Safarzadeh E, Mostafavi F & H.Ashtiani MT
      
P81 The effects of nicotine on androgen metabolism in fibroblasts, mediated by oestradiol and the alkaline phosphatase inhibitor levamisole
Tilakaratne A & Soory M
      
P82 Inhibition of dexamethasone mediated androgen metabolism by levamisole in oral periosteal fibroblasts
Tilakaratne A & Soory M
     
P83 Influence of nicotine on alkaline phosphatase mediated androgen metabolism in fibroblasts
Soory M & Suchak A
    
P84 The effect of gonadectomy on the twenty-four hour corticosterone profile and stress response of male and female rats
Seale JV, Woods SA, Atkinson HC, Bate E, Jessop DS, Lightman SL & Harbuz MS
     
P85 The modified free cortisol index allows reliable interpretation of total cortisol levels in women on oestrogen and post-operative patients
Qureshi MA, Wheeler M, Dhillo WS, Le Roux C, Jones J, Meeran K, Alaghband-Zadeh J & Kong WM
    
P86 The regulation of adrenomedullin and proadrenomedullin n-terminal 20 peptide in the adrenal gland: the difference between adrenocortical cells and chromaffin cells
Vakharia K & Hinson JP
     
P87 Concordance of results for two methods of calculating free testosterone concentration: are the results valid?
Ivison FM, Robinson AC & Diver MJ
       
P88 Measurement of urinary 18-hydroxytetrahydro-11-dehydrocorticosterone (18-OHTHA) excretion rate by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using the heterologous standard, beta-cortol
Shakerdi LA, Connell JMC, Fraser R & Wallace AM
      
P89 Use of mutagenesis to study the translocation of annexin 1 across the cell membrane
Solito E, Liu Q, Porter L & Buckingham J
    
P90 Seasonal changes in the expression of some steroidogenic enzymes in male red deer skin
Thornton MJ, El-Alfy M & Labrie F
        
Thyroid
P91 Audit on management of hyperthyroidism using radioactive iodine
Salahudeen HM & Tymms DJ
      
P92 Thyroid lymphoma: Not a single entity
Freeman MS & Belchetz PE
       
P93 Medical management of thyrotropin secreting pituitary adenoma with the long acting somatostatin analogue Sandostatin
Badman MK, Toh V, Winocour PH, Powell M, Vanderpump MP & Katz JR
        
P94 Apoptotic gene expression in autoimmune thyroid disease
Waheed S, Hammond L, Biro A & Mirakian R
       
P95 High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment of patients with post-partum relapsed thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO)
Balázs CS, Kiss E & Farid NR
       
P96 Do changes in serum leptin influence the outcome of postpartum thyroid dysfunction?
Mazziotti G, Casanueva FF, Lage M, Premawardhana LDKE, Parkes AB & Lazarus JH
       
P97 Completing the loop: Follow up and outcome of patients receiving radioactive iodine for thyrotoxicosis - the impact of a telephone clinic and adjunctive lithium
Mehta C, Murphy E, Stanley S & Meeran K
      

In association with Diabetes UK

DP1 Leucocytes and endothelial cells are activated in patients with active proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)
Kochemasova TV, Shestakova MV, Polosukchina ER, Osipova TV, Baryshnikov AY & Dedov II
       
DP2 The effects of nicotine on androgen metabolism in fibroblasts, mediated by oestradiol and the alkaline phosphatase inhibitor levamisole
Tilakaratne A & Soory M
       
DP3 Effects of glucose, insulin, glucagon and nicotine on cultured fibroblasts
Soory M & Tilakaratne A
        
DP4 Audit on management of hyperthyroidism using radioactive iodine
Salahudeen HM & Tymms DJ
      
DP5 A study of well-being and treatment satisfaction in clinic patients with Type 2 diabetes
Kolawole BA, Abodunde O, Ikem RT & Fabiyi AK
      
DP6 No evidence of a role for mutations in the cAMP-dependant protein kinase a regulatory subunit in hyperfunctioning adrenocortical adenomas
Swords FM, Arola J & Clark AJL
         
DP7 Midnight cortisol revisited
Noimark D, Barakat MT, Meeran K & Todd JF
        
DP8 Fetal macrosomia and the oral glucose tolerance test
John LJ & Lloyd JL
       
DP9 Determinant factors of arterial hypertension in school-age boys in Latvia
Madrevica I, Ligere R & Krikis J
        
DP10 Does growth hormone reduce sensorineural deafness in adults with Turner syndrome?
Ostberg JE, Beckman A, Cadge B & Conway GS
          
DP11 PPARa activation during late pregnancy improves insulin action and attenuates glucose-stimulated insulin hypersecretion
Smith ND, Greenwood GK, Sugden MC & Holness MJ
     
DP12 Activation of peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) a reverses high-fat induced insulin hypersecretion in perifused pancreatic islets
Greenwood GK, Smith ND, Holness MJ & Sugden MC
        
DP13 Investigation of impaired insulin action in cultured skeletal muscle from Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
McIntyre EA, Halse R, Yeaman SJ & Walker M
     
DP14 Two causes of hypercalcaeamia
Hundia V, Paisey RB, Bower L, Lewis P & Seymour R
         
DP15 Obstructive sleep apnoea: A cause of pseudophaeochromocytoma
Hoy L, Waterhouse M, Haque S, Wedzicha W, Davison A, Khokar A, Chew S, Monson J & Metcalfe K
      
DP16 Unusual presentation of diabetic foot ulcer
Mousa AM, Knight G, Muzulu S & Rochester JR
     
DP17 New results of glucose tolerance test in people with a four-year history of impaired glucose tolerance in Zanjan province's rural areas
Sharifi FSh, Jaberi YJ, Agaii MA & Soltani AS
       
DP18 Spontaneous infarction of parathyroid adenoma resulting in remission of primary hyperparathroidism
Hundia V, Spyer G, Paisey RB, Bower L, Horton S & Isaacs J
    
DP19 Audit of asprin use in patients with diabetes mellitus
Druce M & Burke J
      
DP20 Screening for Type 2 diabetes mellitus: All patients with acute coronary event should be screened for diabetes.
Garg R, Haider Y, Agarwal AK & Patel V
    
DP21 The comparative study of relationship of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic complications and insulintherapy
Nabi N, Popa AR & Popoviciu MS
        
DP22 Diagnostic difficulty with Cushing's Syndrome in a patient on anti-tuberculosis therapy
Hatfield ECI, Barakat MT, Todd JF & Meeran K
       
DP23 Effect of combined hormone replacement therapy on glucose metabolism in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes; a randomised controlled trial
Kernohan AFB, Lumsden MA, Cleland S, Petrie JR & Connell JMC
         
DP24 Lithium and parathyroid dysfuction
Patel D, Johnston C & Farid N
       
DP25 Microalbuminuria in a normotensive diabetic population in a district general hospital in the North-East of England
Kodali VRR
     
DP26 Diol-ginsenosides delayed the onset of diabetes possibly by the increase in beta-cell resistance in DP-BB rats
Moon CK, Ju C, Kim MH, Chae SH, Kim GS & Chung AY
      
DP27 Bronze diabetes, impotence and pituitary failure: a spectrum of a genetic disorder
Haq M, Rich P & Spring M
       
DP28 The effects of thiazolidinedione and biguanide combination therapy on serum lipid concentrations and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Buse JB, Peters Harmel AL, Kendall DM, Boyle PJ & Marchetti A
       
DP29 Retrospective audit of individuals with Type 1 diabetes mellitus with and without altered hypoglycaemia unawareness/severe hypoglycaemia attending Newcastle Diabetes Centre
Thomas RM, Korim MT, Kerrison M, Leech N & Shaw JAM
       
DP30 Lowering of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in patients followed in a diabetic clinic for 1-year period
Bhaghayath KR & Simmons DL
         
DP31 Characterisation of gene transfer to vascular cell lines using adenoassociated virus (AAV Serotype-2)
Sen S, Bartlett J & O'Brien T
       
DP32 Nateglinide effects on the secretion of glycated insulin and glucose tolerance in subjects with Type 2 diabetes
Lindsay J, McKillop AM, Mooney MH, O'Harte FPM, Flatt PR & Bell PM
    
DP33 The Nottingham Diabetes web site: a new resource for patients and diabetes care teams
Wills C, Webb D & Page S
      
DP34 Investigations for a specific aetiology are beneficial in a subset of young-onset Type 2 subjects
Owen KR, Ellard S & Hattersley AT