Gharib H, Hegedüs L, Pacella CM, Baek JH, Papini E. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Oct;98(10):3949-57. Nodular thyroid disease is very common. Most nodules are asymptomatic, are benign by fine-needle aspiration, remain stable, and can be followed by observation alone in the majority of the patients. Occasionally, nodules grow or cause symptoms requiring treatment. So far, surgery has been our […]
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Retrobulbar inflammation, adipogenesis, and acute orbital congestion in a preclinical female mouse model of Graves’ orbitopathy induced by thyrotropin receptor plasmid-in vivo electroporation.
Retrobulbar inflammation, adipogenesis, and acute orbital congestion in a preclinical female mouse model of Graves’ orbitopathy induced by thyrotropin receptor plasmid-in vivo electroporation. Moshkelgosha S, So PW, Deasy N, Diaz-Cano S, Banga JP. Endocrinology. 2013 Sep;154(9):3008-15. Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is a complication in Graves’ disease (GD) but mechanistic insights into pathogenesis remain unresolved, hampered by lack of animal model. The […]
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Twenty-five years after chernobyl: outcome of radioiodine treatment in children and adolescents with very high-risk radiation-induced differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Reiners C, Biko J, Haenscheid H, Hebestreit H, Kirinjuk S, Baranowski O, Marlowe RJ, Demidchik E, Drozd V, Demidchik Y. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jul;98(7):3039-48. PMID:23616148 After severe reactor emergencies with release of radioactive […]
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QUESTION–A young 23 years old girl diagnosed to have Functional ectopic lingual thyroid with Overt Hypothyroidism with absence of tracer uptake in the thyroid region on Tc99 scintigraphy in the year 2004. Since she has been on 125mcg Thyroxine replacement. Her TSH was 19uIU/ml in Feb 2013 and on proper dose titration as now TSH reached to […]
Read more »ARMOUR THYROID CAUSING A RASH?
ARMOUR THYROID CAUSING A RASH? 5/12/2013 QUESTION-I am wondering if Armour thyroid could give a red, raised skin rash on the arms, lower legs, chest and neck if dosage amount is changed to be higher? Cortizone creme helped to reduce symptoms but I understand that Thyroid patients can sometimes get rashes? I never have in […]
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