Plasma Activity Levels in Radio-iodine Tests of Thyroid Function

Normal Thyroid Function Tests Following Discontinuation of Levothyroxine in Hypothyroid Iodine Deficient Individuals

SUMMARY In 28 school children with primary hypothyroidism due to iodine deficiency, 100 µg levothyroxine (L-T4} was administered for nine weeks and resulted in normalization of serum T4, T3, and TSH. Five months after withdrawal of L-T 4 , thyroid function was normal in the majority of subjects. Serum T4 was 8.6±2.3 µg/dl ; T3, 156±2.3 ng/dl; and TSH, 6.9± 12.7 µU/ml. Only one subjects showed ...

Goiter Prevalence, Urinary Iodine and Thyroid Function Tests in Inhibitants of Tehran City

Introduction: As the production, distribution and consumption of iodised salt has increased in recent years, this study was carried out to monitor the IDD control program in Tehran, in 1996.   Methods:1146 families comprising 5140 subjects intwenty districts of Tehran City from all age groups were randomly selected. Thyroid size was examined by palpation and graded according to WHO classifica...

Iodine and thyroid function

Severe iodine deficiency causes hypothyroidism that results in impaired somatic growth and motor development in children. Mild and moderate iodine deficiencies cause multifocal autonomous growth of thyroid, which results in thyrotoxicosis. On the other hand, iodine excess is associated with the development of hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity. In areas of iodine deficiency, a sudden incre...

‏‎interpersonal function of language in subtitling

‏‎translation as a comunicative process is always said to be associated with various aspects of meaning loss or gain. subtitling as a mode of translating, due to special discoursal and textual conditions imposed upon it, is believed to be an obvious case of this loss or gain. presenting the spoken sound track of a film in writing and synchronizing the perception of this text by the viewers with...

Iodine-131 and Thyroid Function