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Rifat Emral
Researcher at Ankara University
Publications - 63
Citations - 996
Rifat Emral is an academic researcher from Ankara University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 55 publications receiving 792 citations.
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Prevalence of Subclinical Cushing's Syndrome in 70 Patients with Adrenal Incidentaloma: Clinical, Biochemical and Surgical Outcomes
Rifat Emral,Ali Riza Uysal,Mehmet Asik,Sevim Güllü,Demet Corapcioglu,Vedia Tonyukuk,Gurbuz Erdogan +6 more
TL;DR: Suppressed ACTH and DHEA-S levels, and high midnight cortisol levels may be some clues for SCS in patients with adrenal incidentaloma, since patients with SCS frequently have risk factors for atherosclerosis such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, and the surgical management of SCS with adrenalineectomy may offer an advantage.
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Iodine status and goiter prevalence in Turkey before mandatory iodization.
Gurbuz Erdogan,Murat Faik Erdogan,Rifat Emral,Mehmet Bastemir,Hasan Sav,D. Haznedaroğlu,M. Üstündağ,R. Köse,Nuri Kamel,Yasemin Genç +9 more
TL;DR: The current study shows that endemic goiter is an important public health problem and iodine nutrition is inadequate nationwide and shows the need for a controlled and effective iodine supplementation program nationwide.
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A comparison of glycemic effects of glimepiride, repaglinide, and insulin glargine in type 2 diabetes mellitus during Ramadan fasting.
Mustafa Cesur,Demet Corapcioglu,Alptekin Gursoy,Sait Gonen,Mine Ozduman,Rifat Emral,Ali Riza Uysal,Vedia Tonyukuk,Arif Ender Yilmaz,Fahri Bayram,Nuri Kamel +10 more
TL;DR: In this fasting sample of patients with type 2 diabetes, glimepiride, repaglinide, and insulin glargine did not produce significant changes in glucose and lipid parameters.
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Relationship between thyroid autoimmunity and Yersinia enterocolitica antibodies.
Demet Corapcioglu,Vedia Tonyukuk,Mehmet Kiyan,Arif Ender Yilmaz,Rifat Emral,Nuri Kamel,Gurbuz Erdogan +6 more
TL;DR: It can be concluded that Y. enterocolitica infection may play a role in etiology of GD in Turkey.
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More than a decade of iodine prophylaxis is needed to eradicate goiter among school age children in a moderately iodine-deficient region.
TL;DR: The time required to normalize the prevalence of goiter in SAC living in a moderately iodine-deficient environment was at least a decade, suggesting that to achieve a goiter rate of less than 5% among SAC, it may require that they were born and grew up under conditions of iodine sufficiency.