Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A tudományos szakirodalomban számos kérdés fogalmazódik meg a pajzsmirigybetegségeket befolyásoló pszichológiai tényez?kr?l. Kevés tanulmány készült pajzsmirigybetegségek és megküzdési stratégiák kapcsolatáról. Célkit?zés: Jelen tanulmányunk célja felmérni stratégiák, depresszió szorongás szintjének változásait pajzsmirigybetegek (hyperthyreosis hypothyreosis) esetében ...

Agranulocytosis is a life-threatening disorder characterised by a greatly decreased number of circulating neutrophils below 500/μL. This article presents two cases of agranulocytosis in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin due to chronic hepatitis C. Interferon induced hyperthyroidism, which required the use of a tyreostatic. Anti-thyroid drugs (ATD) used to treat hyperthy...

INTRODUCTION There is little information about the risk of HCV recurrence in immunosuppressed patients. Although the presence of antibodies to HCV and the absence of HCV-RNA is usually considered to indicate viral elimination, the virus may not be completely eliminated but may be under control of an effective immune response. CASE PRESENTATION A 69 year old man presented with jaundice, elevat...

Dissections of the cervical arteries are among the most frequent causes of juvenile strokes. The etiology and pathogenesis of spontaneous dissections remain elusive. Best treatment remains to be defined. Here, we analyzed 71 consecutive patients from the Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Jena. We asked if immediate anticoagulation or alternative treatment with ASA would affect out...

OBJECTIVE To study whether pregnancies complicated by hyperemesis gravidarum in the first (<12 weeks) or second (12-21 weeks) trimester are associated with placental dysfunction disorders. DESIGN Population-based cohort study. SETTING Sweden. POPULATION All pregnancies in the Swedish Medical Birth Register estimated to have started on 1 January 1997 or later and ended in a single birth on...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present work was to investigate the influence of lithium carbonate on the kinetics of radioiodine in the thyroid gland, and the long-lasting effect of radioiodine therapy pre-treated with lithium carbonate in patients with different types of hyperthyreosis and low baseline 24-h thyroidal radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU). MATERIAL AND METHODS The examinations were per...