Results Thirty-four patients were included in the study. The median age at diagnosis was 7.5 years (range = 0.8 17.2 years) and the median follow-up time was 10.45 years (range = 2 – 18.3 years). Hypothyroidism was diagnosed in 16 patients (Primary hypothyroidism = 5 patients; compensated hypothyroidism = 10 patients; central hypothyroidism = 1 patients) and it was the commonest endocrine compl...

We report a 50 year old woman with primary hypothyroidism and nemaline myopathy to call attention to the rare coexistence of these two disorders. RESUME: Myopathie nemaline chez un adulte soufTrant d'hypothyroidie primaire Nous reportons le cas d'une femme de 50 ans souffrant d'hypothyroidie primaire et myopathie "nemaline" pour souligner la rare coexistence de ces deux entites. Can. J. Neurol....

INTRODUCTION Primary hypothyroidism is a well-known cause of poor linear growth in children. A rare finding with profound or long-standing disease is anterior pituitary enlargement (pituitary pseudotumor). This case highlights this uncommon finding, discusses clinical situations in which gradual dose escalation of levothyroxine may be advisable and reviews adjuvant therapies that have been prev...

OBJECTIVE A significant correlation between thyroid function and purine nucleotide metabolism has been established in hypothyroidism. On the contrary, the relationship between hyperthyroidism and purine metabolism is more controversial. The present study evaluates the prevalence of hyperuricemia and gout in patients affected by primary hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. METHODS We studied 28...

introduction: among the endocrine diseases, hypothyroidism is the commonest after diabetes.thyroid hormones (t3,t4) are essential for genital organs function. apoptosis process in ovarian cells plays a significant role of development in ovarian follicles. the aim of the present study was determine the apoptotic index induced by hypothyroidism in rat ovarian follicles. materials and methods: in ...