conclusions high tc, tg and vldl were observed in our patients with sch. objectives the aim of this study was to assess differences in lipid profile parameters between subjects with and without sch in a north indian population. patients and methods serum lipid parameters of 70 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism and 100 age and sex matched euthyroid controls were evaluated in a cross-secti...

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine diseases. More than 99% all cases hypothyroidism in adults are due to primary hypothyroidism. Most often, develops because chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, as well after medical manipulations (iatrogenic hypothyroidism) — postoperative or a result therapy with radioactive iodine. The article presents draft clinical guidelines for diagnosis and t...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : many patients using warfarin may be at risk of international normalized ratio fluctuations. this may cause severe massive gastrointestinal or cerebral bleeding. subclinical hypothyroidism in our population is highly prevalent (range from 3.1% to 8.4% for males and females respectively). overt hypothyroidism di...

OBJECTIVE Studies on the clinical course of children with hyperthyrotropinemia are scarce. We aimed to evaluate the role of presentation findings in such infants to predict eventual outcome. METHODS Files of infants diagnosed as suspicious congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in the neonatal or early infancy period in the past ten years were analyzed retrospectively, and 37 patients (M/F: 20/17) wi...

This review concentrates on factors causing permanent hearing impairment in childhood, described in some European studies. The emphasis is on comparative studies, based on strict criteria and terminology upon which longitudinal changes in the pattern of factors causing hearing impairment can be demonstrated in well-defined cohorts of children. The high proportion of 20-39 percent of unknown cau...

AIM To estimate the accurate incidence and prevalence of permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus, and to determine the clinical profile of this condition in the Sultanate of Oman. METHODS All children diagnosed as having permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus between 1991 and 1995 in Oman were included in the study. RESULTS The mean incidence was 2.2 per 100 000 live births/year and the prevalen...