Endocrinology
The following are the areas of research in the department
Thrust areas
- Metabolic bone diseases including osteoporosis
- Prevalence of osteoporosis and Vitamin D deficiency in postmenopausal women in Vellore
- Vitamin D deficinecy and bone mineral density in HIV infected patients on anti retroviral therapy
- Risk factors for femoral neck fracture in Indian women and BMD threshold for femoral neck fracture in Indian women
- Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in school children in Vellore
- Efficacy of Vitamin D supplementation on enhancing BMD in children with minimal lesion glomerulonephritis on corticosteroid therapy
- Efficacy of IV Zoledronic acid in preventing bone loss in quadriplegics
- Clinical trials on SERMs, Cathepsin K inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies in postmenopausal osteoporosis
- Fluorosis and its impact on bone and kidney
- Pancreatic osteodystrophy in patients with fibrocalcific pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus
- Vitamin D status in patients with Crohn's disease
- Body composition analysis in HIV positive individuals with or without antiretroviral therapy
- Paget's disease of bone : Intervention, follow-up and outcomes
- Filter-paper method for determination of HbA1C to facilitate access of this important test to Diabetic patients residing in remote areas
Pituitary disorders
- Hydrocortisone use in postoperative diabetes insipidus and its relation to postoperative diabetes insipidus
- Long term Follow-up of patients with functioning and clinically non-functioning pituitary tumors with a view to evolving new therapeutic strategies
- Assessing aggressiveness of pituitary tumors by evaluating apoptosis and anti apoptosis markers in tissue sections by immunohistochemistry
- Pituitary apoplexy Risk factors
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Establishing a method for genetic screening for first degree relatives of patients with MEN I, MEN IIA and MEN IIB syndromes
- Establishing a method for discriminating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules based on evaluation of microRNA on FNAC specimens
Menopausal disorders
- Management strategies for menopausal symptoms based on non-hormonal agents