Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), autoimmune thyroid disease, and autoimmune gastritis often occur together forming the so-called autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 3 (APS3). We here report a clinical case of a 74-year-old woman who presented for the first time with severe hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis diagnosed as T1D. Further clinical investigations revealed concomitant severe hypothyroidi...

Ménière's disease (MD) is an idiopathic inner-ear disorder characterized by fluctuating hearing loss, episodic vertigo, and tinnitus. Though MD's etiology is unknown, growing evidence suggests that autoimmunity may be involved in its development. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the presence of anti-heat shock protein 70 (anti-HSP70) antibodies during the acute phase of MD a...

It was possible to terminate the induced unresponsive state to bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the natural unresponsive state to autologous thyroglobulin in rabbits (RTg) by immunization with complexes composed of heterologous cross-reacting antibody and the tolerated antigens. The unresponsive state was terminated in rabbits made unresponsive by neonatal injections of BSA and then 3 mo later in...

clonotype appeared at weeks 15-16 (tracks B2 and C3) and then died away. Rats D and E had biclonal spectrotypes at weeks 12 and 16, respectively (tracks D3 and E4). The acidic clonotype of rat E was replaced by a new one at 27 weeks (track E6). Similar changes occurred in the spectrotype of rat F, a dominant group of basic bands appearing at 20 weeks (track F5) to be replaced in turn by a clono...

background: one of the most common endocrine problems in major beta-thalassemia is hypothyroidism (ht). the aim of this study was to evaluate thyroid function status in major beta-thalassemia patients older than 10 years old. methods: this cross sectional study was carried out on thalassemia major patients registered on thalassemia center of amirkola children hospital in babol. a questionnaire ...

We report a 44-year-old Japanese man who showed a reversible blunted response of growth hormone (GH) to GH-releasing hormone (GRH) stimulation test and reversible chronic thyroiditis accompanied by isolated ACTH deficiency. He was admitted to our hospital because of severe general malaise, hypotension, and hypoglycemia. He showed repeated attacks of hypoglycemia, and his serum sodium level grad...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of iodine deficiency (ID) and its effects on mental function in children referred to the Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Training and Research Hospital with a prospective diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS The study was conducted on 89 children referred in the period from September 2009 to June 2010 with a diagno...

Several studies have appeared in the past 25 years (l-5) concerning the physicochemical properties of thyroglobulin, the protein precursor of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. Most of this work has utilized hog thyroid gland as a source of material. The various investigations are in rather good agreement in obtaining a molecular weight for thyroglobulin close to -$ million. Moreover, this form of ...

Gostimir MIKAČ Faculty of Medicine Save Mrkalja 22 78000 Banja Luka Republic of Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina [email protected] SUMMARY Introduction Thyroglobulin is composed glycoprotein, and it is synthesized by follicular cells of the thyroid gland. Treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinomas involves total thyroidectomy followed by radioiodine ablation of a potential remaining tissue. The m...

The generic term thyrotoxicosis defines the clinical syndrome of hypermetabolism associated with excess amounts of circulating free thyroxine (T4) and (or) triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations, irrespective of the source of the excess hormones. The term hyperthyroidism is reserved for those patients with thyrotoxicosis caused by increased synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones from the gla...