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depression and anxiety scores, self-rated symptoms, thyroid hormones and antibody levels in a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed GD, following 9 months of pharmacological treatment with a randomized supplementation with 200 µg/day Se as selenized yeast
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might be considered more reliable than the self-rated HADS in capturing symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, the validity of HADS is supported by studies of the English version of HADS, which report average sensitivities and specificities of 0
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Introduction Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a self-limiting, inflammatory process of the thyroid gland that often presents with painful swelling of the thyroid. SAT affects females more often than males (female to male ratio of 4:1) [ 1 - 3
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. It is standard practice to advise patients about this side effect and to instruct them to stop the medication and seek urgent medical advice and a blood test, should they develop symptoms suggestive of agranulocytosis. Patient education regarding
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questionnaire for self-perceived symptoms of oropharyngeal dysphagia, has excellent internal consistency and reproducibility for assessment of swallowing problems ( 14 ). A summated EAT-10 total score ranges from 0 to 40, with a score ≥ 3 indicative of
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DTC patients followed up for 5 years, to whom the self-rated Kellner Symptom Questionnaire was administered yearly, in association with a semi-structured psychiatric interview and four other inventories; 219 patients who had undergone surgery for
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hypothyroidism, and the Internet is a popular source for answers [ 1 ]. Hypothyroidism is common in Denmark with an incidence rate of 32.8 per 100,000 person-years [ 2 ]. In 2011, 118,000 patients (2% of the total Danish population) received medical treatment
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recorded a stable S-TSH and heart rate. In our study we used ThyPRO, a well-validated questionnaire developed specifically for patients with thyroid disease, for the first time in a study focusing on QoL in L-T 4 -treated patients with persistent symptoms
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Introduction Mental symptoms and reduced quality of life (QoL) are common brain-derived problems in untreated Graves’ hyperthyroidism ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ). In a 2006 review (meta
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(TPOAb) and/or thyroglobulin (TGAb). The condition is associated with a wide range of unspecific symptoms. In recent years, a change of paradigm has occurred in the treatment of many chronic diseases. Restoring physiological imbalances is no longer seen