Introduction: Obesity has become a major public health problem because of its potential impact on health and its alarming increase worldwide. The objectives were to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among healthcare professionals (HCPs) and to examine their associ...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2025/v8i1103
Introduction: Silent corticotrope adenomas are a subtype of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas that exceptionally differentiate into functioning adenomas due to multiple causes. Case Report: A 42 years old man was referred to the department of Endocrinology in Hedi Chaker hospital...
Background and Aim: Magnesium (Mg) deficiency has been frequently associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of this study was to evaluate Mg status in patients with T2DM using an intravenous Mg load test and to determine a correlation between Mg deficiency, gly...
Intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma as a cause of hypercalcemic crisis presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, since it is uncommon and should be thoroughly differentiated from a thyroid nodule. Herein, we report a case of a 71-year-old woman, with a history of nephrolithia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2021/v4i121
Faten Hadjkacem, Khouloud Boujelben, Houcine Bouchaala, Omar Kammoun, Ibrahim Mejdoub, Ayedi Lobna, Zghal Mouna, Mohamed amine Mseddi, Mourad Hadjslimen & Mohamed Abid·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2021
Primary Aldosteronism (PA) is a common cause of secondary hypertension, arising from aldosterone-producing adenomas. It mostly presents with resistant hypertension, hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis, secondary to excess secretion of aldosterone and a suppressed plasma renin act...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2021/v4i133
Faten Hadj Kacem, Khouloud Boujelben, Wiem Feki, Imen Gheriani, Dhouha Ben Salah, Mouna Elleuch, Nadia Charfi, Fatma Mnif, Nabila Rekik, Mouna Mnif, Zeineb Mnif & Mohamed Abid·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2022
Ectopic thyroid gland located in the midline of the tongue due to the embryonic failure to descend to the anterior neck is an uncommon clinical entity, known as lingual thyroid (LT). Patients with LT tissue can experience a range of clinical manifestations, depending upon the ext...
Mouna Elleuch, Hana Charfi, Sahar Mekki, Dhoha Ben Salah, Wajdi Sefi, Kaouthar El Arbi, Khouloud Boujelbene, Nedia Charfi, Fatma Mnif, Mouna Mnif, Faten Hadj Kacem & Mohamed Abid·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2021
Aims: To study the relationship between non high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and metabolic disorders in type2 diabetic patients and to prove the incrimination of non-HDL-C in the genesis of chronic complications of diabetes. Study Design: Retrospective study. Plac...
Yosra Mejdoub, Nouha Ketata, Dhoha Ben Salah, Samira Jerbi, Hana Charfi, Feten Hadj Kacem, Sourour Yaich, Jamel Damak, Jihen Jdidi, Fatma Mnif, Nabila Rekik, Mouna Elleuch & Mohamed Abid·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2022
Objective: Our study aimed to assess knowledge and practice of Tunisian diabetic patients regarding insulin-self-injecting and to determine insulin-injection complication as well as their independent factors. Methods: It was a cross sectional study using investigator-administered...