TOPIC: Knowledge concerning thyroid diseases and pregnancy Title: Thyroid disease and pregnancy: degrees of knowledge. Authors: Rinaldi MD & Stagnaro-Green AS. Reference: Thyroid 17: 747-753, 2007 Summary Objective The literature on the impact of thyroid abnormalities on pregnancy and the postpartum has expanded rapidly over the last two decades. Objective of present study was to […]

TOPIC: Graves-orbitopathy Title: Patients with severe Graves- ophthalmopathy have a higher risk of relapsing hyperthyroidism and are unlikely to remain in remission. Authors: Ecktsein AK, Lax H, Losch C, Glowacka D, Plicht M, Mann K, Esser J & Morgenthaler NG. Reference: Clinical Endocrinology 67: 607-612, 2007 Summary Background Graves- hyperthyroidism and orbitopathy (GO) are frequently […]

TOPIC: Hormone determinations in wash-out fluid from FNA Title: Calcitonin measurement in wash-out fluid from fine needle aspiration of neck masses in patients with primary and metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma. Authors: Boi F, Maurelli I, Pinna G, Atzeni F, Piga M, Lai ML, & Mariotti S. Reference: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 92: 2115-2118, […]

Topic: DNA damage at the origin of cancer Title: Iodine deficiency activates antioxidant genes and causes DNA damage in the thyroid gland of rats and mice. Authors: Maier J, van Steeg H, van Oostrom C, Paschke R, Weiss RE & Krohn K. Reference: Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1773: 990-999, 2007 Summary Background Stimulation of the thyroid […]

Topic: Effects of acute bexarotene administration on TSH secretion in normal subjects Title: Single-Dose Rexinoid rapidly and specifically suppresses serum thyrotropin (TSH) in normal subjects. Authors: Golden WM, Weber KB, Hernandez TL, Sherman SI, Woodmansee WW, & Haugen BR. Reference: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 92: 124-130, 2007 Summary Background Retinoid X receptor agonists […]