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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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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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Endemic Goiter and Iodine Prophylaxis in Calabria, a Region of Southern Italy: Past and Present
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 ...
C. Giordano +6 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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Remaining Challenges in Tanzania's Efforts to Eliminate Iodine Deficiency. [PDF]
, 2007 To determine iodine levels in salt and iodine deficiency prevalence in school-aged children in 16 districts in Tanzania with previous severe iodine deficiency. A cross-sectional study in schoolchildren.
Aghini-Lombardi +23 more
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Mutational Profile of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Region of North India
Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism, 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 ...
Nelson George +5 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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Bócio endémico em saúde pública.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2002 This work focuses on the medical condition known as endemic goiter considering its epidemiological aspects and its interest in Public Health. After delimiting some basic concepts, one will refer to the implications that the shortage of the daily ...
Henrique Mendes, J A Zagalo-Cardoso
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Dental Maturity, Oral Hygiene and Height of Junior High School Students in Goiter Endemic Area in Karanganyar Regency [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Geographical condition may affect human behavior and phyisical development. Soil and water in goiter endemic areas generally lack of iodine.
Cilmiaty, R. (Risya) +2 more
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