Contents Male Endocrinology


The Role of Steroids in Endothelial Function in the Ageing Male Antonio Aversa,1


Silvia Migliaccio3


Roberto Bruzziches,2 and Andrea Lenzi4


Davide Francomano,2 115 Emanuela A Greco,2


1. Senior Lecturer; 2. Research Fellow, Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Pathophysiology Section, ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome; 3. Researcher, Department of Health Sciences, Endocrinology Unit, Foro Italico University of Rome; 4. Full Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Pathophysiology Section, ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome


Case Reports


Clinical Experience with Biphasic Insulin Aspart 30 (NovoMix® 30) Robert Ligthelm


Endocrinologist, EHM Clinic, Hoofddorp


Biphasic Insulin Aspart 30 in Insulin Initiation Wenying Yang


Professor, Department of Endocrinology, China–Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing Switching to Biphasic Insulin Aspart 30 in Patients Uncontrolled on Human Premix Insulin


Jens Sandahl Christiansen


Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The University of Aarhus and Consultant, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Aarhus University Hospital


Initiation of Biphasic Insulin Aspart in a Patient Failing Basal Insulin Treatment Janusz Gumprecht


Professor, Department of Internal Diseases, Diabetology and Nephrology, Medical University of Silesia 127 121 119


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Rituximab for the Treatment of Graves’ Orbitopathy


Mario Salvi,1 Guia Vannucchi2 Paolo Beck-Peccoz3 and


European Endocrinology


Volume 7 • Issue 1 • Spring 2011


Gonadotrophic Hormones – An Overview of their Involvement in Gonadal and Extragonadal Tumours


Ilpo Huhtaniemi and Maria Alevizaki


Pioglitazone in Combination with Insulin – An Overview of Results from PROactive


Bernard Charbonnel


The Challenge of Managing Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes or Other Endocrine Disorders


Enrico Agabiti Rosei and Maurizio Castellano


The Hypothalamo–Pituitary– Adrenocortical Axis – The Role of Glucocorticoids in the Pathophysiology of Endocrine Disorders


Christopher D John and Julia C Buckingham


Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Cardiovascular Risk


Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen


European Endocrinology


Volume 7 • Issue 2 • Autumn 2011


Diabetes as a Paracrinopathy of the Islets of Langerhans


Pierre Lefèbvre


Lipid Management in Patients with Diabetes or Other Endocrine Disorders


Alberico L Catapano, Liliana Grigore and Angela Pirillo


Visceral Adipose Tissue in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease


An Verrijken, Sven Francque and Luc Van Gaal


The Role of Steroids in Endothelial Function in the Ageing Male


Antonio Aversa, Roberto Bruzziches, Davide Francomano, Emanuela A Greco, Silvia Migliaccio and Andrea Lenzi


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