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- Hypothyroidism Treatment Failure: Differential Diagnosis
By Elliot G. Levy, MD
Adult primary hypothyroidism is caused most frequently by chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto thyroiditis) and is present in 5-10% of the adult US population. Women older than 40 years of age and elderly individuals of both sexes are affected most frequently, although it does occur in individuals of all ages.
- Diagnosis and management
of thyroid cancer
By E. Chester Ridgway, MD
Each year, approximately 17 000 new cases of thyroid cancer are diagnosed and 1300 thyroidrelated deaths occur in the United States.1 Cancers of the thyroid are classified based on cell type origin: follicular cell-derived carcinoma (FCDC) arises from thyroid follicle cells, and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) arises from the parafollicular cells, also called C cells.
- Antepartum
thyroid disease - diagnosis and treatment
By Leonard Wartofsky, MD
The normal physiological changes that occur during pregnancy, particularly increases in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate, lead to an increase in iodide clearance and a fall in plasma iodine concentrations.
- Algorithms for diagnosis & management of thyroid disorders
By Elliot G. Levy, MD
E. Chester Ridgway, MD
Leonard Wartofsky, MD
Adult primary hypothyroidism is caused most frequently by chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto thyroiditis) and is present in 5-10% of the adult US population. Women older than 40 years of age and elderly individuals of both sexes are affected most frequently, although it does occur in individuals of all ages.
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