Yim JH , Kim WB , Kim EY , Kim WG , Kim TY , Ryu JS , Gong G , Hong SJ , Shong YK J Clin Endocrinol Metab April, 2011 The primary treatment of locoregionally recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is surgical removal by reoperation. This study evaluated the efficacy of the first […]
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Clinical review: Intravenous glucocorticoids for Graves’ orbitopathy: efficacy and morbidity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Feb;96(2):320-32. Epub 2011 Jan 14 Department of Medicine, Gutenberg University Medical Center, Langenbeckstrasse 1, Mainz 55131, Germany. Zang S, Ponto KA, Kahaly GJ. The administration of iv glucocorticoid pulses has been advocated as a treatment approach for patients with inflammatory and moderate to severe Graves’ orbitopathy (GO). This review offers […]
Read more »Permanent Hypothyroidism after PPT
High rate of persistent hypothyroidism in a large-scale prospective study of postpartum thyroiditis in southern Italy. Stagnaro-Green A , Schwartz A , Gismondi R , Tinelli A , Mangieri T , Negro R . J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 ,96(3):652-7. Limited data exist concerning the hormonal status of women with PPT at the end of […]
Read more »Evidence for Tissue Level Hyperthyroidism and Uncoupled Oxidative/Phosphorylation in RTH
Mitchell CS , Savage DB , Dufour S , Schoenmakers N , Murgatroyd P , Befroy D , Halsall D , Northcott S , Raymond-Barker P , Curran S , Henning E , Keogh J , Owen P , Lazarus J , Rothman DL , Farooqi IS , Shulman GI , Chatterjee K , Petersen […]
Read more »Pre-op Calcitonin Measurement Allowed Detection of MTC in about 0.5% of Patients Operated for Nodular Thyroid Disease
Chambon G , Alovisetti C , Idoux-Louche C , Reynaud C , Rodier M , Guedj AM , Chapuis H , Lallemant JG , Lallemant B The use of preoperative routine measurement of basal serum thyrocalcitonin in candidates for thyroidectomy due to nodular thyroid disorders: results from 2733 consecutive patients. The preoperative routine measurement of […]
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