In adequate iodine intake including and a number of environmental agents can affect thyroid gland functions in man and animals. Thiocyanate and catechin that arise for the consumption of cyanogenic and flavonoids containing foods respectively, affect thyroid hormone synthesis but the data comparing the goitrogenic/ antithyroid potentiality of thiocyanate and catechin when act individually or sy...

Background Type one diabetes mellitus (Type 1 DM) is the most common type of diabetes in children and adolescents, arising through a complex interaction of immune, genetic and environmental factors. Autoimmune thyroid disease is the most frequent disorder associated with Type one diabetes mellitus. This study aimed to evaluate incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease in children and adolescents ...

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...

Thyroid hormone maintains energy homeostasis in a complex biological manner. It regulates metabolism and energy expenditure, which are associated with many of the functions of endocrine gland systems. Ghrelin, which is a multifunctional gut peptide, influences energy homeostasis via orexigenic properties. Adipose tissue is a hormonally active endocrine organ that releases many clinically bioact...

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 The objective of this study is to evaluate the link between excess iodine intake as evidenced by increased urinary iodine excretion (UIE) and autoimmune thyroiditis in children and to assess the correlation between UIE and thyroid microsomal antibody (thyroid peroxidase [TPO]) titers in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS All children with goiter between age group 6 and 12 years, were s...

Destruction-induced thyrotoxicosis includes various painful diseases such as subacute granulomatous thyroiditis, acute exacerbation of chronic thyroiditis and acute suppurative thyroiditis. In contrast, the clinically painless form of destruction-induced thyrotoxicosis is almost exclusively restricted to painless or silent thyroiditis. We report what we believe to be a case of acute exacerbatio...

We have reviewed scientific literature about the association of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and thyroid disorders. A high incidence, and prevalence, of new cases of autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) and/or hypothyroidism have been shown in sclerodermic patients (overall in the female gender). An association among a Th1 immune-predominance, low vitamin D levels, and AT have been also shown in SSc patient...

Objective: The copper-zinc superoxide dismutase gene resides on chromosome 21 and is over expressed in Down syndrome patients. Reactive oxygen species can initiate lipid peroxidation and DNA damage leading to mutagenesis, carcinogenesis and cell death, if the antioxidant system is impaired. Down syndrome is associated with various forms of thyroid dysfunction, hypothyroidism being the most comm...

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...