Endokrynologia Polska 2012, tom 63, nr 1

A disturbed regulation mechanism of arginine vasopressin secretion in response to plasma osmolality and volaemia changes occurs in hypothyroidism. The aim of this study was to determine plasma arginine vasopressin concentration in hypothyroid women under conditions of a low sodium diet and in an upright position.

Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, also known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, is the most frequent type of thyroiditis. An average of 2% of the population have the disease. It occurs in all age groups, also in children. The main cause of the disease are autoimmune disorders, which results in incresed risk of suffering from type 1 diabetes. Fourthermore, during the course of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, hypothyroidism may cause carbohydrate metabolism disorders. Aim of our study was estimate disturbances of glycaemia in patients with recognized Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, hospitalized in Endokrinology and Diabetology Depatment of Collegium Medicum University ofNicolaus Copernicus in Bydgoszcz in years 2001–2010. 

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder with the presence of TSH receptor autoantibodies (TRAb). TRAb are produced mainly by lymphocytes infiltrating the thyroid gland. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the reduction of thyroid volume (TV) on TRAb level after radioiodine (RAI) administration in a group of patients with Graves’ disease.

Badanie przeprowadzono w celu oceny zapadalności na zaburzenia czynności tarczycy indukowane amiodaronem (AMD).

Z głębokim smutkiem przyjęliśmy niespodziewaną wiadomość, że 17 listopada 2011 rokuzmarł profesor Rolf-Christian Gaillard. Jeszcze nie tak dawno, w maju ubiegłego roku, czynnie uczestniczył w Kursie Kształcenia Podyplomowego Europejskiego Towarzystwa Endokrynologicznego (ESE, European Society of Endocrinology) w Polańczyku.