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Standard dose 131 I therapy for toxic multinodular goiter in an endemic goiter region
1. The effect of the standard 15 mCi dose of 131 I on the thyroid function of 25 patients from an endemic goiter region with toxic multinodular goiter of different sizes was determined. 2. The patients were followed for 1 to 5 years and 7 months (mean: 2
Gonçalves, E. +2 more
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Thyroid autoimmunity and endemic goiter
The goitrogenic role of autoimmune phenomena in endemic goiter is still uncertain. Scanty and discrepant results have been reported in different areas of the world.
CHIOVATO, LUCA +6 more
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The Prevalence of Endemic Goiter and Its Relationship to Urine Iodine in Primary School Age Children in Khoramabad [PDF]
Backgrounds: Iodine deficiency disorder is a major public health problem in areas where there is a lack of iodine in drinking water, soil, and food. This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of goiter among school children in the age group of 6-
mahnaz mardani +3 more
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A Medical Geography of Endemic Goiter in Central Java [PDF]
Conventional public health efforts for the eradication of endemic goiter focus on iodine supplementation. However, the growing literature on active goitrogenic chemicals in vegetables and the awareness that many impoverished third world populations ...
Chapman, Barbara Anne
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Endemic goiter: clinical picture and evolution
The goiter is the most frequent clinical manifestation of the nutritional deficiency of iodine. If present in more than 5% of the general population or more than 10% of the children in school of a defined geographic area, goiter is defined endemic ...
Macchia P. E., Fenzi G.
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Endemic goiter in Greece: Some new epidemiologic studies
A study is presented of some environmental factors associated with endemic iodine deficiency goiter. A preliminary geologic survey showed that villages with endemic goiter were situated on soil from noncalcareous rocks (flysch, schist, etc.) with ...
Malamos, B. +8 more
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Relationship between intrathyroid calcifications and thyroglobulin in endemic goiter
Intrathyroid calcifications represent a common finding within simple or nodular goiters, but, as far as they can be found also inside papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas, an ultrasonographic detection of intrathyroid calcifications stands as a ...
Lodi, A +7 more
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Use of Ultrasonography for Goiter Assessment in IDD: Studies in Tanzania [PDF]
Gutekunst, R. +9 more
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Iodine deficiency, hypothyroidism, and endemic goitre in Southern Tanzania [PDF]
Wood, W. G. +8 more
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