BACKGROUND Thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy is associated with multiple adverse outcomes, but whether all women should be screened for thyroid disorders during pregnancy remains controversial. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of the targeted high risk case-finding approach for identifying women with thyroid dysfunction during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. METHODS ...

Thyroid disorders are the most common endocrine affecting women commencing pregnancy. hormone metabolism is strongly influenced by selenium status; however, relationship between serum concentrations and thyroid hormones in euthyroid pregnant unknown. This study investigated maternal status during pregnancy utilizing data from a retrospective, cross-sectional (Maternal Outcomes Nutrition Tool or...

BACKGROUND Thyroid disorders may affect all of the organ systems of the body and they are also highly associated with a wide variety of skin disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of thyroid function abnormalities and thyroid autoimmunity in patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and to determine the association between thyroid disorders and clinical involvement and s...

Background: Disorders of the thyroid gland has become one most common endocrine diseases affecting global population next to Diabetes Mellitus. Data available on prevalence disorders among Indian is scanty. This study aimed investigate dysfunction in local visiting endocrinology out-patient department National Homoeopathy Research Institute Mental Health, Kottayam.Methods: a hospital based retr...

To compare the prevalence of positive autoantibodies in patients with thyroid disorders and healthy subjects in an iodine-replete area of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we studied 930 women in a clinic-based study: 698 patients (286 hypothyroid, 140 hyperthyroid, 272 with simple goitre) and 232 healthy women. Serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroid stimulating hormone, and anti-thyr...

Thyroid disorder is a very common endocrine problem encountered by pregnant women. Maternal thyroid dysfunction associated with adverse outcome both in mother and fetus.
 The aim of the study: to find out prevalence various disorders women attending antenatal clinic.
 Materials methods. This prospective cross-sectional study was carried Department Obstetrics Gynecology, F.M. Medical C...

BACKGROUND Several concomitant disorders especially thyroid abnormalities have been reported in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We aimed to estimate the frequency and pattern of thyroid disorders in Iranian patients with MG. METHODS All consecutive patients with MG referred to neurology clinic of Rasool-e-Akram Hospital during 2006-2007 were enrolled. All patients underwent clinical ass...

This study aimed to estimate prevalence of thyroid disorders in the São Paulo Ageing & Health Study, an epidemiological study addressing several health-adverse outcomes among elderly people living in a poor area of São Paulo, Brazil. All participants answered a questionnaire and had a blood sample collected to assess levels of tireotropic hormone and free-thyroxine. Among 1,373 people (60.8% wo...

Given the severity of the complications of thyroid disorders, discussed in the work of Migneco et al1, we questioned if a dietotherapy approach could prevent acute events and chronic conditions. Thyroid-related metabolic disorders are numerous. Often, their exacerbation, as hyperthyroidism, can cause states of organic decompensation up to real medical emergencies. During lifetime, thyroid disor...