Background Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a disorder of multi causal etiology. Autoimmunity has been proposed as a mechanism for some cases of ovarian follicle dysfunction which is evident in POF. The aim of this study was to identify the level of auto-antibodies in POF and familial POF patients. MaterialsAndMethods In this study, auto-antibodies including anti-ovarian antibody (AOA), anti ...

Higher TSH values, even within normal ranges, have been associated with a greater risk of thyroid malignancy. The relationship between TSH and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has been analyzed in 10 178 patients submitted to fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules with a cytology of PTC (n=497) or benign thyroid nodular disease (BTND, n=9681). In 942 patients, submitted to surgery (521 from BT...

are negative. It is unnecessary to describe the symptoms characteristic of this disease, nor in a short paper can I deal with the theories as to its etiology. Suffice it that amongst many supposed causes brought forward by various authorities we find changes in the blood, changes in the heart muscle, enteroptosis, floating kidney, auto-intoxication from digestive disorders, impairment of the ly...

Abnormalities in the serum proteins have been described in several disorders of thyroid function (Man et al., 1940; Lewis and McCullagh, 1944; Lamberg and Grasbeck, 1955) and in particular in auto-immune thyroiditis, where a raised serum y-globulin has been found (Fromm et al., 1953; Luxton and Cooke, 1956; Skillern et al., 1956; Doniach and Hudson, 1957; Greene et al., 1958; Roitt et al., 1958...

conclusions thyroid dysfunction was not higher in sle patients compared to healthy individuals. however, anti-tg antibodies were higher in sle patients. it has not yet been established that thyroid function tests should be performed routinely in sle patients. results the mean age of sle patients and controls were 32.16 ± 9.19 and 32.48 ± 9.47 years, respectively (p = 0.821). patients had signif...

BACKGROUND Thyroid antibody testing is not routinely available in developing countries, and few studies have measured thyroid antibodies in Africans. The significance of thyroid autoimmunity in an African setting is thus unclear. AIM To determine the prevalence of thyroid antibodies in patients attending a Nigerian teaching hospital. DESIGN Prospective survey. METHODS We measured antibodi...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to find impact of two decades of universal salt iodization on the prevalence of goiter, thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid dysfunction in Indian adults. METHODS This was a cross sectional study from Delhi, India. The subject population included 4409 adult members of resident welfare associations of 5 residential colonies, from 18-90 years of age, who participated in gener...

introduction: auto – immune disorders have been implicated as a cause for chronic uricaria and/ or angioedema and thyroid autoimmunity has been increasingly introduced to be associated with that. this study explores the association of thyroid autoimmunity with chronic urticaria and / or angioedema in isfahani patients. methods: anti – thyroperoxidase (ani – tpo) and anti – thyroglobulin (anti –...