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Autoimmune diabetes and related conditions

4/16/2013 2:17 PM | Comments (0) Recommend (126)

By William E. Winter, MD; Roger L. Bertholf, Ph.D.
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​Challenge: I was recently asked what medical concerns exist for people with autoimmune diabetes [either type 1 diabetes or latent autoimmune diseases of adulthood (LADA)] that are not shared by people with type 2 diabetes. Certainly for all people with diabetes of any kind, attempting to achieve...(Read More)
Posted at 4/16/2013 2:17 PM | Tags: Case Study | Diabetes/Endocrinology
Cystic Fibrosis–Related Diabetes (CFRD)

6/12/2012 8:58 AM | Comments (0) Recommend (637)

By William E. Winter, MD, and Roger L. Bertholf, PhD
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​A colleague recently approached one of the authors with questions about the diagnosis of diabetes in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Here are the questions:Q1. Can A1c be used to screen for diabetes in CF patients?Q2. Can an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) be run on a POCT instrument?Q3. Sh...(Read More)
Posted at 6/12/2012 8:58 AM | Tags: Case Study | Diabetes/Endocrinology
Confounding Factors to Thyroglobulin Interpretation

4/17/2012 8:29 AM | Comments (0) Recommend (1,133)

By Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, PhD
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​Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) measurement is used in the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer following total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine ablation. In athyrotic patients, thyroglobulin is an excellent tumor marker because it is produced exclusively by the follicular cells o...(Read More)
Posted at 4/17/2012 8:29 AM | Tags: Instrumentation/Technology | Cancer and Tumor Markers | Diabetes/Endocrinology
Dog Breath

11/1/2011 8:26 AM | Comments (21) Recommend (551)

By William E. Winter, MD, DABCC, FACB
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Our departmental laboratory recently became aware of a local start-up company that wanted to "Introduce Breath Analysis into Clinical Pathology Laboratory Testing." During the on-line conversation, a staff member wrote: "My friend swears his dog knows when his diabetic son’s blood ...(Read More)
Posted at 11/1/2011 8:26 AM | Tags: Case Study | Diabetes/Endocrinology
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