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Surgical Imperatives in Benign Follicular Nodular Disease: Redefining Malignancy Risk and the Role of Total Thyroidectomy [PDF]
Biomed Res IntBackground Goiter is the most prevalent endocrine illness, and it is considered endemic when > 10% of a community has it. The patient may not notice the nodules, which typically form early in endemic goiter and later in sporadic goiter. Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the incidence, histopathological subtypes, and risk of thyroid
Dewana A.
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Surgical Management of Substernal Goiters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
LaryngoscopeThis systematic review and meta‐analysis of 15,706 patients with substernal goiter highlights that while surgery is often prompted by symptoms or imaging evidence of compression, over a quarter of patients were asymptomatic. The majority of cases (88.7%) were successfully managed through a cervical approach, with only a minority requiring thoracic ...
Cheung MH +4 more
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Thyroid Disorders and Serum Selenium Levels in a Southwestern Nigerian Population. [PDF]
Int J EndocrinolBackground/Objective: Thyroid hormones are central to the regulation of energy expenditure and homoeostasis. An important microelement required for the optimal function of the thyroid gland is selenium. The question of whether Nigerian patients with thyroid disorders are deficient in selenium is what this study aims to answer.
Adeleye OO +4 more
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Factors Associated with Goiter Incidence in Farmers in Kismantoro Sub-District, Wonogiri Regency
Amerta Nutrition, 2022 Background: Kismantoro Sub-district has been an endemic area of severe goiter since 1982, with a total goiter rate of 35.5% until 2007, when was declared a mild endemic goiter area (TGR 10.79%).
Ahshaina Ramadhaningtiyas +2 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Purpose: Salt iodization in Manipur of north-east India failed to prevent endemic goiter, therefore an in depth study carried out to evaluate thyroid functions of goitrous subjects in a randomly selected region.
Laishram Hemchandra Singh +7 more
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Goiter in Representational Art
Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche, 2022 Goiter, defined as an enlargement of the thyroid gland, has been, since the origin of the human species, one of the most common non-communicable diseases.
Francesco Trimarchi +2 more
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Metabolismo Periférico de la L-Tiroxina en Sujetos de la Zona Endémica de Bocio del Valle del Cauca
Revista Colombiana de Endocrinología, Diabetes y Metabolismo, 2018 Summary: Changes in the periphereal metabolism of L-thyroxine (T4) have been described in certain patients with sporadic and endemic goiter. Information about this aspect is not available for patients from the Cauca Valley endemic goiter area and ...
Heinz W. Wahner, Eduardo Gaitán
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Исследования и практика в медицине, 2018 Purpose. Conducting a comparative analysis and assessment of the dynamics of endemic goiter and iodine deficiency in the population of boys of the Republic of Dagestan at the age of 11–13 years for the period 2002–2013, living in different ecological and ...
K. G. Kamalov +2 more
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Avaliação do bócio endêmico Clinic evaluation of endemic goiter
Revista de Saúde Pública, 1984 É feita uma revisão das principais classificações clínicas do bócio endêmico,colocando-se em destaque as divergências normativas existentes entre elas.
Yaro Ribeiro Gandra
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