Thyroid Dysfunction and Cytological Patterns among Patients Requested for Thyroid Function Test in an Endemic Goiter Area of Gondar, North West Ethiopia [PDF]
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2019 Background. Thyroid dysfunction is the most common endocrine disorder in clinical practice, and about half of the population with thyroid dysfunction remains undiagnosed.
Daniel Asmelash +2 more
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The Association between Cobalt Deficiency and Endemic Goiter in School-Aged Children [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014 BackgroundIn Iran, an iodine deficiency control program was initiated in 1989 by iodizing salt. Despite this program, goiters have remained an endemic condition in most parts of Iran.
Mojgan Sanjari +2 more
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Clinico-Pathological Profile of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Area.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab, 2018 Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid cancers (ATCs) usually present in the sixth to seventh decades of life and little is known about the disease in young patients.
Pradhan R +9 more
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Endemic Goiter and Iodine Prophylaxis in Calabria, a Region of Southern Italy: Past and Present. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2019 Iodine, a micronutrient that plays a pivotal role in thyroid hormone synthesis, is essential for proper health at all life stages. Indeed, an insufficient iodine intake may determine a thyroid dysfunction also with goiter, or it may be associated to ...
Giordano C +6 more
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Applicability of a shortened interpretation model for intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism in an endemic goiter region. [PDF]
Eur Surg, 2018 SummaryBackgroundIn primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), quick intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring (IOPTH) is performed to predict complete excision of hyperfunctioning tissue and therefore cure.
Riss P +5 more
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The Iodine Knowledge of Pregnant Women in an Endemic Goiter Area: A Cross Sectional Study [PDF]
Nutrition & Food Science, 2020 Background: Iodine is an crucial micronutrient for fetal brain development, especially in the early stages of pregnancy. The level of knowledge about iodine among pregnant women has not been previously evaluated in Trabzon city where is an endemic area
Nazlı Nur Aslan Çin +1 more
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Incidental Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Area. [PDF]
J Thyroid Res, 2016 Clinical and pathological characteristics of incidental papillary thyroid microcancer cases, surgical, medical, and nuclear treatment methods, and patients' outcome were studied during follow-up period of 102 months.
Gürleyik E +3 more
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Mutational Profile of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Region of North India.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab, 2018 Introduction: Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is regularly altered in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). Serine/threonine-protein kinase B-Raf (BRAF) V600E mutations were observed very frequently in PTC along with less frequent rat ...
George N +5 more
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Electron microscopic analysis of an angiosarcoma of the thyroid from a non-Alpine endemic goiter region: A case report and brief review of the literature. [PDF]
Oncol Lett, 2014 Angiomatoid tumors of the thyroid gland are rare endocrine neoplasms, which exhibit an aggressive behavior. Angiosarcomas of the thyroid are generally reported from the European Alpine region and have a histogenesis that has been under debate for a ...
Altinay S +3 more
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What should the correct extent of thyroidectomy be in a developing area where goiter is an endemic problem [PDF]
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