Issue 2/2007

Issue: 2/2007 Author: Anna-Maria Borissova, Russanka Kovatcheva, Alexander Shinkov, Iliana Atanassova, Mirtsho Vukov, Nina Aslanova, Jordan Vlahov, Lilia Dakovska Abstract:  Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the characteristics of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Bulgarian adults aged ≥20 years.   Research design and methods: Data from a structured questionnaire, brief physical […]

Issue: 2/2007 Author: Iva Stoeva, Reni Koleva, Dinko Zachariev Abstract:  We compared for the first time the actual attained height (aSDSh) in 72 Bulgarian children (20 boys and 52 girls) with congenital hypothyroidism, aged 7,6 ± 3,2 yrs (mean ± SD) to the prognostic final height estimated by two different methods: the genetic prognosis (MPH-SDSh) and […]

Issue: 2/2007   Author: Mihail Boyanov, Anna-Maria Borissova, Sabina Zaharieva,  Plamen Popivanov, Rusanka Kovacheva, Alexander Shinkov   Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the losses and the missed benefits caused by the use in our country of the quantitative ultrasound of bone (QUS) as a tool for the diagnosis of osteoporosis and for the initiation and […]

Issue: 2/2007   Author: Ralitsa Robeva Abstract:  The metabolic syndrome consists of multiple related risk factors, which predispose to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The women in their reproductive age unlike men are strongly protected from the cardiovascular incidents. That has led to the idea of the “negative influence” of the male sex hormones […]

Issue: 2/2007 Author: Entcho Entchev, Nikolay Botushanov Abstract:  Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. Fracture risk strongly correlates with bone mineral density and underlines its importance for the assessment of the future fracture risk. There are studies showing that the late menarche and the longer period of breast feeding are related with lower bone […]

Issue: 2/2007   Author: А. Еlenkova, S. Zacharieva, X. Jeunemaitre, AP Gimenez-Roqueplo, G. Gantchev Abstract:  Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder due to a mutation in a tumor-suppressor gene (VHLgene), localized in the 3th chromosome. It is characterized by the presence of more than 2 different tumors, including hemangioblastomas of the brain, […]