Clinical Thyroidology for the Public summarizes selected research studies discussed in the previous month’s issue of Clinical Thyroidology, an official publication of the American Thyroid Association. Editor-in-chief, Alan Farwell, MD, FACE
Volume 9 Issue 5
Volume 9 Issue 5
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THYROID AND PREGNANCY Prenatal screening for thyroid disease
Bryant SN et al An analysis of population-based prenatal screening for overt hypothyroidism. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015;213:565.e1-6. Epub July 8, 2015.
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HYPERTHYROIDISM Antithyroid drug side effects in patients of child-bearing age and during pregnancy
Andersen SL et al. Antithyroid drug side effects in the population and in pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. January 27, 2016
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HYPERTHYROIDISM ANCA–positive small-vessel vasculitis is a rare but severe disorder associated with antithyroid drug therapy
Balavoine AS et al. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive small-vessel vasculitis associated with antithyroid drug therapy: how significant is the clinical problem? Thyroid 2015;25:1273-81. Epub October 19 2015.
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HYPERTHYROIDISM Women with a history of hyperthyroidism may be at increased risk of breast cancer
Søgaard M et al. Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism and breast cancer risk: a nationwide cohort study. Eur J Endocrinol 2016;174:409-14.
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THYROID CANCER Does metformin protect the bone marrow of patients treated with radioactive iodine for thyroid cancer?
Bikas V et al. Metformin attenuates 131I-induced decrease in peripheral blood cells in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid 2016;26: 280-6
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THYROID CANCER Follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer has a better prognosis than classic or tall-cell variant of papillary thyroid cancer
Shi X et al. Differential clinicopathological risk and prognosis of major papillary thyroid cancer variants. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016;101:264-74. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-2917
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