OBJECTIVE To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) mixture Yingliu combined with methimazole medication for the treatment of Graves disease (GD). METHOD In a randomized, paralleled control study, 92 GD patients were randomized into a Yingliu mixture treatment and a control treatment group, both receiving methimazole. Both treatments lasted for 12 w...

1. Perfusion of isolated thyroid glands from rabbits, made refractory to the action of the thyro-stimulating factor from the hypophysis by repeated injections for 2 months, has shown that in this condition the thyroid epithelium responds to pituitary stimulation. 2. The serum from refractory rabbits does not neutralize completely the thyro-stimulating effect of anterior pituitary extract upon a...

Cases presenting with changes in various organs caused by anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination are rare. In particular, after such instances of vaccination, onset subacute thyroiditis, Hashimoto and Graves’ disease was observed. We present the case a 55-year-old woman whose hypothyroidism converted to hyperthyroidism Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V). After firs...

Objective: Previous literature has suggested that the cardiovascular risk factors associated with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) may be found in subjects euthyroidism, but research relating to increased arterial stiffness (AS) and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction, which have been proven exist patients SCH, is limited euthyroidism. The aim of this study was investigate this. Methods...

The primary cause of hypothyroidism in the ​​sufficient iodine area is Hashimoto's thyroiditis. thyroiditis, also known as chronic autoimmune thyroiditis or lymphocytic an condition which B cells and T slowly destroy thyroid gland. To determine diagnosis, we need clinical, laboratory, cytological, and/or histopathology profiles. It aims to distinguish from other diseases such nontoxic goiter Gr...

Irfan Yavaşoğlu 4.8.2008 Editor: The article entitled “Anti-thyroid antibodies and thyroid dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): prevalence and clinical value” written by Atzeni et al. [1] and published in one of the recent issues of your journal was quite interesting. Here, we would like to emphasize some points. RA is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that affects approximately 0...

BACKGROUND/AIM Increasing evidence is available about the role of prolactin in the development of various cancers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the frequency of thyroid cancer in patients with prolactinoma followed at a single site. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 182 patients diagnosed with prolactinoma were reviewed retrospectively. Serum prolactin, antithyroglobuli...

Unrecognized congenital hypothyroidism leads to mental retardation. Newborn screening and thyroid therapy started within 2 weeks of age can normalize cognitive development. The primary thyroid-stimulating hormone screening has become standard in many parts of the world. However, newborn thyroid screening is not yet universal in some countries. Initial dosage of 10 to 15 microg/kg levothyroxine ...

PURPOSE We aimed to compare the ultrasonographic and laboratory parameters of euthyroid patients who have only positive antithyroid autoantibody test results with those of patients with a hypothyroid status of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five patients with newly diagnosed HT, 35 euthyroid patients who have autoantibodies against thyroid peroxidase (TPOAb) and/or...

OBJECTIVE Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a frequent endocrine disease in women. Nodular goiter and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) are endocrinologic abnormalities that have high prevalence. The purpose of our study was to detect the prevalence of AITD and nodular goiter in patients with PCOS and investigate whether PCOS-related hormones and metabolic factors affect these thyroid disorde...