Endocrine disorders during the first year after autologous stem-cell transplant

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.02.009 Byline: Libuse Tauchmanova (a), Carmine Selleri (b), Gennaro De Rosa (b), Mariarosaria Esposito (b), Carolina Di Somma (a), Francesco Orio (a), Stefano Palomba (c), Gaetano Lombardi (a), Bruno Rotoli (b), Annamaria Colao (a) Keywords: Bone marrow transplantation; Gonadal failure; Thyroiditis; Low T.sub.3 syndrome; Subclinical hyperthyroidism; IGF-1; Adrenal insufficiency Abstract: Frequent endocrine disorders have been reported after allogeneic stem-cell transplant, but data on adult survivors of autologous transplants are still scarce. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, 'Federico II' University of Naples, Italy (b) Division of Hematology, 'Federico II' University of Naples, Italy (c) Chair of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University 'Magna Graecia' of Catanzaro, Italy Article History: Received 3 May 2004; Accepted 15 November 2004 Article Note: (footnote) This study was partially supported by grant number 2003069821 from MURST, Rome, Italy.