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). Moreover, the thyroid phenotype is modified by nutritional iodide intake. Development of goiter and hypothyroidism in SLC26A4 gene defects is uncommon under conditions of adequate or high iodine intake, whereas it is more prevalent in the state of iodine
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hypothyroidism include cardiovascular morbidity and increased mortality ( 3 , 4 ), several Scientific Societies recommend to measure circulating thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in patients at risk. Iodine deficiency is still a common cause of
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Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Endocrine Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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TSHR ). Less common (10% of the cases) are inborn errors of TH synthesis, so-called dyshormonogenesis. Disturbed TH synthesis may be due to a defect in iodine trapping, oxidation and organification or coupling ( 13 ). Genes involved in thyroid
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Introduction Autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) is the leading cause of hypothyroidism in iodine-sufficient countries ( 1 ). AIT is characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland and the presence of autoantibodies against thyroid
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individuals with and without MetS as well as evaluating the incidence of TD and trend of thyroid hormones according to the MetS group, during a 10 year follow-up in an iodine sufficient population. Materials and Methods Study Design TTS is a
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thereafter. They were also instructed not to take their LT4 preparation before blood sampling on the scheduled visits for thyroid hormone measurements. We set the therapeutic target range of TSH levels at 0.45–4.12 mIU/L [ 8 ], since Greece is an iodine
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result in hearing impairment (HI) [ 1 - 3 ]. Deaf-mutism and HI are common in areas of iodine deficiency [ 4 ] and were reported in patients with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) prior to the implementation of thyroid neonatal screening in the 1980s [ 5
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a third generation TSH assay is not available in an iodine sufficient area, an upper limit of normal of 4.12 should be considered” [ 20 ]. Similarly, Latin American Thyroid Society recommendations are “against routine treatment for elderly (>65 years
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individuals could be targeted in a separate study. Other patient groups are those who are surgically athyreotic and those individuals with thyroid cancer who have received radioactive iodine therapy after thyroidectomy, who might theoretically have the lowest
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thyroxin and iodine available for fetal hormonosynthesis. However, an important radioiodine uptake would have been observed on the thyroid scintigraphy [ 3 - 5 ]. Secondly, the mother’s hypothyroidism could have been caused by TBAbs, a hypothesis which is