Hormonal contraception with progestagen desogestrel in women with diffuse non-toxic goiter аnd autoimmune thyroiditis
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The predominant form of non-toxic goiter in Greece is now autoimmune thyroiditis.
Endemic non-toxic goiter (NTG) in Greece has been attributed primarily to iodine deficiency. Thirty years ago about 60% of the prepubertal boys and girls examined in endemic goiter regions presented with NTG and among them thyroid autoimmunity was rarely detected. Although iodine supplementation has corrected this deficiency during the past 30 years, new cases of NTG still appear. To evaluate t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of obstetrics and women's diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1683-9366,1684-0461
DOI: 10.17816/jowd62640-46