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manifestations of Graves’ disease (GD) and are specific biomarkers [ 6 - 10 ] of this autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). On the other hand, TSHR blocking Ab (TBAb) can also be found in AITD patients and may contribute to the hypothyroidism or atypical Hashimoto
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thyroid hormone-activating type 1 deiodinase (DIO1) and increased activity of thyroid hormone-inactivating DIO3 ( 24 ). It has been reported that, under certain conditions, DIO3 changes in a cell-specific manner without affecting systemic thyroid state
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ratio threshold for TTW nodules might improve the specificity of risk stratification systems in ruling out malignancy and, in particular, in pinpointing nodules for which FNAC can safely be deferred. The study described below was undertaken to explore
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results. Some studies revealed poorer outcomes in male patients [ 7 , 22 , 23 ], while others contradict these results [ 14 , 24 ]. However, underlying reasons for potential sex-specific differences remain poorly understood so far. Hence, the aim of
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. Since 2009, the patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure for benign thyroid disorders (ThyPRO), a specific inventory validated for the assessment of QoL in patients with thyroid disease, has been available in several languages, including Italian [ 14
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constructed. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and AUC with 95% CI were calculated using the bivariate model. Meta-regression analysis was not conducted, due to the small number of included studies. Publication bias was
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numbered GFRα1–4, each binding preferentially one of the four different GFLs. RET binding to any GFL-GFRα complex induces receptor dimerization, which in turn triggers transphosphorylation of specific tyrosine (Y) residues located in the tyrosine kinase
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