Issue 1/2011

Risk Factors for Osteoporosis and 10-year Absolute Fracture Risk in a National Representative Sample of Bulgarian women Aged 50 Years and Older

Issue: 1/2011 Author: A-M. Borissova, R. Rashkov, M. Boyanov, A. Shinkov, P. Popivanov, N. Temelkova, J. Vlahov, M. Gavrailova Abstract: The Bulgarian Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study was implemented by the National Program against Osteoporosis in Bulgaria 2005- 2010. This original work is a part of the aforementioned study and its objective was to determine the prevalence of […]


Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Three Groups of Criteria – a Critical View

Issue: 1/2011 Author: Petya Karatodorova, Kiril Hristozov, Boyana Zvetanova, Yana Bocheva, Nataliya Usheva Abstract: In March 2010 the new IADPSG – recommendations on the diagnosis and classifications of hyperglycemia in pregnancy were published. Their acceptance and usage in the daily practice will probably lead to substantial change in the epidemiological picture of GDM formed until now […]


Salivary Cortisol as a Stress Biomarker in Oral Surgical Treatment

Issue: 1/2011 Author: Donka Kirova, Georgi Kirilov, Dimitar Atanassov Abstract: The contemporary science continues to explore the intimate mechanisms of the stress and the means to control its consequences. Aim of the study is to evaluate the biochemical and psychological characteristic of the stress in the oral-surgical manipulations by investigating the level of the salivary cortisol […]


Genetic Screening for AIP Mutations in Young Patients with Sporadic and Familial Pituitary Macroadenomas

Issue: 1/2011 Author: М. Yaneva, А. Elenkova, A. Daly, M. Tichomirowa, V. Bours, G. Kirilov, I. Atanasova, М. Мarinov, A. Beckers and S. Zacharieva Abstract: The pathophysiological mechanisms of triggering the process of tumorigenesis in patients with pituitary adenomas remain not clearly elucidated. A rising number of studies demonstrate the role of mutations in the AIP […]


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Journal of the Bulgarian Society of Endocrinology

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