background and objective: thyroid function problems are often present with prematurity disorders. thyroid hormones regulate growth and distinguish body organs; especially they affect central nervous system and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and vitamins. thus, these hormones should be evaluated. the present study aims to determine the mean level of thyroid hormones among premature infants...

background: to investigate thyroid function in preeclamptic patients in comparison with normal pregnant women. methods: in this analytical cross-sectional study free thyroxine (t4), and thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) levels were measured in 100 preeclamptic patients and were compared with free t4 and tsh levels in 101 normal pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy. patients with...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of thyroid dysfunction in response to combination of interferon and ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients and HCV outcome. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY This study was conducted at Outpatient Department of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Hyderabad fr...

OBJECTIVE The role of the thyroid gland in primary depressive disorder is unclear. Although there is evidence that patients with subtle underlying defects in thyroid function may be more prone to developing depressive disease, the specific abnormality in thyroid function associated with depressive disorders remains poorly understood. In this review, we outline the major findings concerning depr...

The relationship between thyroid dysfunction and breast cancer (BC) is debated. To clarify this controversial issue, a prospective study on thyroid function in BC was performed. The prevalence of thyroid disease was examined in 102 consecutive BC patients with ductal infiltrating carcinoma after surgery and before starting any chemohormonal or x-ray therapy and in 100 age-matched control health...

Autoimmune diseases are a group of disorders in which the immune system dysfunctions and attacks host tissues. Although the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease has not been elucidated, there are several factors that have been associated with the disorder. Factors include genetic predisposition, nutrient deficiencies, use of certain medications affecting thyroid function, and environmenta...

background: creating autoantibodies against thyroid in hepatitis c patients who are being treated with interferon is now recognized for several years. recently, some studies have claimed that prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disorders in hepatitis c patients is higher when they are not treated by interferon and/or at the beginning of diagnosis, however the area still remained controversial. in ...

Serum anti-thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) and anti-thyroid microsomal antibody (McAb) in 213 cases of thyroid disorders and 32 cases of non-thyroid disorders were studied. The antibodies were checked by commercial tanned red cell hemagglutination kits (Thymune-T and Thymune-M) purchased from Wellcome Reagents, Limited, England. The positive rates of TgAb and McAb in patients with untreated toxic...

OBJECTIVE the aim of present study is to determine possible contributions of INF-gamma inducible chemochine CXCL-10 in the thyroid color doppler ultrasound (CDU) parameters typical of autoimmune disorders. METHODS we studied a consecutive series of 25 patients with autoimmune thyroid disease and 10 healthy control subjects. All subjects underwent a thyroid CDU examination by the same investig...