Univesity College Dublin
DEPARTMENT OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Telephone: +353-1-209 4407 Fax: +353-1-209 4981

Recent Publications

1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997

1992

Fitzpatrick SC, McKenna TJ. Evidence for a tonic inhibitory role of nifedipine-sensitive calcium channels in aldosterone biosynthesis. J. Steroid. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 42:575-580, 1992.

Igoe D, Duffy MJ, McKenna TJ. TSH as an index of L-Thyroxine replacement and suppression therapy. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 161:684-687, 1992.

McKenna TJ. Hirsutism and the polycystic syndrome. In Clinical Endocrinology (Grossman A. ed.), Blackwell Scientific Publications, London, pp. 691-712, 1992.

Smith A, McKenna TJ. Management of patients with diffuse toxic goitre in Ireland, a country with low iodine intake. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 161:597-599, 1992.

1993

McKenna TJ, Cunningham SK. The pathogenesis of adrenal and extra-adrenal hyperandrogenism. J. Steroid. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 45:117-121, 1993.

McKenna TJ. Variable androgen sensitivity in relationship to Hirsutism and acne (Commentary). Clin. Endocrinol. 39:547-549, 1993.

McKenna TJ. Advances in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus. J. Biomed. Sci. 3:97-100, 1993.

Montwill J, Cunningham S, Martin N, Briscoe M, Wright E, McKenna TJ. Relationship of different methods utilised to measure the same and different fragments of Glycosylated Haemoglobin. J. Biomed. Sci. 4:17-21, 1993.

Murray F, Clarke H, Gleeson D, Dunne A, McKenna TJ. A prospective study of self-monitoring of blood glucose comparing direct inspection of reagent strips with the use of reflectance meters in diabetic patients: impact on diabetic control. Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. 23:44-46, 1993.

O'Connell Y, McKenna TJ, Cunningham SK. Effects of Pro-opiomelancortin-derived peptides on adrenal steroidogenesis in guinea-pig adrenal cells in vitro. J. Steroid. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 44: 77-83, 1993.

Smith O, Prendergast C, Cunningham SK, Murray F, McKenna TJ. Weight loss in men and women with non-insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. 22:195-197, 1993.

1994

Cunningham SK, McKenna TJ. Dissociation of adrenal androgen and cortisol secretion in Cushing's Syndrome. Clin. Endocrinol. 41:795-800, 1994.

Dunbar JM, Madden PM, Gleeson DT, Fiad TM, McKenna TJ. Pre-mixed insulin preparations in pen syringes maintain glycaemic control and are preferred by patients. Diabetes Care, 17:874-77, 1994.

Fiad TM, Kirby J, Cunningham SK, McKenna TJ. The overnight dose Metyrapone Test is a simple and reliable index of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal Axis. Clin. Endocrinol. 40:603-609, 1994.

Fiad TM, Duffy J, McKenna TJ. Multiple spuriously abnormal thyroid function indicies due to heterophilic antibodies. Clin. Endocrinol. 41:391-395, 1994.

McKenna TJ. Screening for sinister causes of hirsutism. New Engl. J. Med. 331:1015-1016, 1994.

Montwill J, Igoe D, McKenna TJ. The Overnight Dexamethasone Test is the procedure of choice in screening for Cushing's Syndrome. Steroids. 59:296-298, 1994.

O'Connell Y, McKenna TJ, Cunningham SK. The effect of prolactin, human chorionic gonadotropin, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 on adrenal steroidogenesis in isolated guinea-pig adrenal cells. J. Steroid. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 48:235-240, 1994.

Prendergast C, Smith O, Murray F, Cunningham SK, McKenna TJ. The relationship of blood glucose and haemoglobin A1 levels in diabetic subjects. Irish J. Med. Sci. 163:233-235, 1994.

Walsh Ch, Murphy Ah, Cunningham S, McKenna TJ. Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid status in idiopathic haemochromatosis. Clin. Endocrinol. 41:439-443, 1994.

1995

Doherty K. The nutritional management of diabetes. Forum 12:41-44, 1995.

Hayes FJ. An approach to the diagnosis and management of adrenal insufficiency. Irish Medical Times, 45:35-36, 1995.

McKenna TJ. Book Review: Androgenic Disorders (Editor G.P. Redmond), Raven Press 1995, Clin. Endocrinol. 43:771-772, 1995.

McKenna TJ. The diagnosis and management of primary hyperaldosteronism. Curr. Opin. Endocrinol. Metab 2:194-202, 1995.

McKenna TJ, Cunningham SK. Adrenal androgen production in polycystic ovary syndrome. Eur. J. Endocrinol. 133:383-389, 1995.

McKenna TJ, Hayes F. Recent advances in polycystic ovary syndrome. In Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 19 (J. Bonnar, Editor) Churchill Livingston Edinburgh, 121-138, 1995.

1996

Clarke D, Fearon U, Cunningham SK, McKenna TJ. The steroidogenic effects of Beta-endorphin and joining peptide: A potential role in the modulation of adrenal androgen production. J. Endocrinol. 151:301-307, 1996.

Doherty K. Food choices an diabetes. Identity 3:9-13, 1996.

Fiad TM, Conway JD, Cunningham SK, McKenna TJ. The role of plasma renin activity in evaluating the adequacy of mineralocorticoid replacement in primary adrenal insufficiency. Clin. Endocrinol. 45:529-534, 1996.

Fiad TM, Cunningham SK, McKenna TJ. Role of progesterone deficiency in the development of luteinizing hormone and androgen abnormalities in polycystic ovary syndrome. Eur. J. Endocrinol. 135:335-339, 1996.

Hayes F, McKenna TJ. The occurence of lymphocytic hypophysitis in a first but not subsequent pregnancy. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 81:3131-3132, 1996.

Hayes F, McKenna TJ. Current concepts on the investigation and treatment of hirsutism. J. Ir. Coll. Phys. Surg. 25:332-336, 1996.

Hayes F, Sheehan K, Heffernan A, McKenna TJ. Agressive thyroid cancer associated with toxic nodular goitre. Eur. J. Endocrin. 134:366-370, 1996.

McKenna TJ, Cunningham SK. Testing for adrenal abnormalities in polycystic ovary syndrome. In The Ovary: Regulation, Dysfunction and Treatment, International Congress Series 1106, (Filicori M. & Flamigni C. eds.) Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 295-301, 1996.

McKenna TJ. Editorial: Targets and thresholds in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Dialogue 1:5-7, 1996.

O'Connell Y, McKenna TJ, Cunningham SK. Beta-lipotropin-stimulated adrenal steroid production. Steroids 61:332-336, 1996.

Power C, Doherty K. Questions raised by the glycaemic index. Irish Nutrition Focus 14:3-4, 1996.



1997

Fiad TM, Cunningham SK, Hayes FJ, McKennaTJ. Effects of Nifedipine treatment on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis. Clin. Endocrinol. Meta. 82:457-460, 1997.

Hayes F, Fiad TM, McKenna TJ. Activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis is dependent on the occurence of edema in growth hormone (GH)-deficient adults treated with GH. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 82:457-460, 1997.

Hayes F, Sheehan K, Rajendiran S, McKenna TJ. Virilization in a post menopausal woman secondary to hilus cell hyperplasia associated with a simple ovarian cyst. Amer. J. Obst. Gynec. (In Press).

McKenna TJ, Fearon U, Clarke D, Cunningham SK. A critical review of the origin and control of adrenal androgens. Balliere Clin. Obst. Gynec. (In Press).

McKenna TJ. Hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome. In: Clinical Endorcrinology, 2nd Ed (Grossman, A ed) Blackwell Scientific Publications, London (In Press).