Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer
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Genetic Manipulation on Zebrafish duox Recapitulate the Clinical Manifestations of Congenital Hypothyroidism.
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a highly prevalent but treatable neonatal endocrine disorder. Thyroid dyshormonogenesis is the main cause of congenital hypothyroidism in Chinese CH patient...
[Risk factors for neonatal congenital hypothyroidism: a Meta analysis].
To investigate the risk factors for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in neonates, and to provide a reference for the prevention of CH.The databases including China Biomedical Literature Servic...
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Thyroid MALT lymphoma: self-harm to gain potential T-cell help.
The development of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) is driven by chronic inflammatory responses and acquired genetic changes. To investigate its ...
[The case of late diagnosis of giant parathyroid adenoma in combination with fibrocystic osteitis and brown tumor of the upper jaw: a case report].
In this case report the authors inform about late diagnosis of giant adenoma of the parathyroid gland with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and the development of fibrocystic osteitis with...
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[Clinical practice guidelines for acute and chronic thyroiditis (excluding autoimmune thyroiditis)].
Acute and chronic thyroid diseases are the most frequently detected disorders being second only to diabetes mellitus.The World Health Organization points out that thyroid diseases' incidence...
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[Nodular toxic goiter in children: clinical features, morphological variants].
Toxic nodular goiter (TNG) is a rare disease in which the cause of hyperthyroidism is the presence of a node or nodes that autonomously secrete thyroid hormones. With children and adolescent...
Biochemical assessment of adequate levothyroxine replacement in primary hypothyroidism differs with different TSH assays: potential clinical implications.
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) assays provided by Abbott Laboratories and Roche Diagnostics are used by approximately 75% of laboratories in the UK. We assessed the potential impact of Ab...
Follicular Epithelial Dysplasia as Hashimoto Thyroiditis-Related Atypia: a Series of 91 Specimens.
Follicular epithelial dysplasia (FED) is described as Hashimoto thyroiditis-related atypia and is thought to be a possible precancerous lesion. Dysplasia as an interface between normal state...
Is the link between elevated TSH and gestational diabetes mellitus dependant on diagnostic criteria and thyroid antibody status: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clinical studies have investigated the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). While some studies demonstrate a clear association, o...
Selected thyreology problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism - did anything change?
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) observed the scale of epidemic risk and declared the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most countries, including Poland, implemented nati...
Growth hormone replacement may influence the biological action of thyroid hormone on liver and bone tissue.
Growth hormone (GH) replacement alters the peripheral interconversion of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). However, little is known about the clinical impact of these alterations. We...
Subacute Thyroiditis in COVID-19 Patients.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred in the last year, it has been revealed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) does not only cause viral respirat...
Combination anti-PD1 and ipilimumab therapy in patients with advanced melanoma and pre-existing autoimmune disorders.
Clinical trials of immunotherapy have excluded patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease. While the safety and efficacy of single agent ipilimumab and anti-PD1 antibodies in patients wit...
[NON-SURGICAL ASPECTS OF THYROID SURGERY].
The level of calcium in the blood serum, voice function, thyroid status and quality of life of patients up to 1 year after removal of the thyroid gland were studied. Thyroidectomy is an oper...
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The adjunctive use of carbimazole during radioactive iodine treatment reduces the cure rate of Graves' disease.
Radioactive iodine (RAI) is widely used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. Adjunctive antithyroid drugs (ATDs) are commonly prescribed to treat the hyperthyroid state before the RAI has ta...
Associated Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults: The Role of Glutamic-Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibodies.
To determine the prevalence of Associated Autoimmune Diseases (AADs) in Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA) versus autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and the role of glutamic-acid deca...
Graves' Disease Presenting as Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.
BACKGROUND Atypical manifestations of Graves' disease (GD) such as anemia have been noticed in the last decades. Anemia is present in up to 34% of patients with GD, yielding various anemia t...
Hypokalaemic paralysis and metabolic alkalosis in a patient with Sjögren syndrome: a case report and literature review.
Acquired Gitelman syndrome is a very rare disorder reported in association with autoimmune disorders, mostly Sjögren syndrome. It is characterized by the presence of hypokalaemic metabolic ...
Investigating the prevalence of primary thyroid dysfunction in obese and overweight individuals: Tehran thyroid study.
Due to the increasing worldwide prevalence of obesity, it is essential to determine the prevalence of obesity-related thyroid dysfunctions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the p...
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