A decade of thyroidology

Review: molecular thyroidology.

Novel disorders involving aberrations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid gland-thyroid hormone axis have been described in the last 5 to 10 years. The following topics are addressed: molecular mutations causing central hypothyroidism (isolated autosomal recessive TRH deficiency; autosomal recessive TRH-receptor inactivating mutations; TSH beta-subunit bio-inactivating mutations; Pit-1 mutati...

Chemical Developments in Thyroidology

Waksman's classification are laid down on a broad morphologic basis, whereas the species determinations are more largely dependent upon physiologic behavior. The erection of the ordinal group, the Actinomycetales intermediate and distinct from the Eubacteriales and the Eumycetes, reflect the author's feeling that this is a heterogeneous assemblage of organisms which are perhaps not too closely ...

Clinical Thyroidology for Patients

Prevention in thyroidology.

837 IT IS MUCH BETTER for the individual members of society to be healthy and well than to be ill or deceased. This is the main basis of health care (1). To cope with disease, the health care system provides a range of services aimed at cure or control. A different approach to preservation of good health and longevity is the prevention of disease. The major appeal of prevention, when possible, ...

Inm-4: A Decade of Cord Blood Banking in Iran

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:2314:"The research made on stem cells through the last decade and following that the great achievements made applying stem cells in treating vast number of diseases have turned the issue of Cord Blood collecting and saving (cryopreserving) to a critical one. A prompt demand and access to stem cells and applying them in treating a wide range of terminal diseases have led...