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Clinical Thyroidology for Patients

Clinical Thyroidology for Patients, edited by Dr. Alan Farwell, is a collection of summaries of recently published articles from the medical literature that covers the broad spectrum of thyroid disorders.

Starting with the May 2009 issue, Clinical Thyroidology for Patients will be published on a monthly basis and include summaries of research studies that were discussed in the previous month’s issue of Clinical Thyroidology, a publication of the American Thyroid Association for physicians. Dr. Hershman is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Thyroidology.

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Clinical Thyroidology
for Patients Volume 6

Volume 6 Issue 6

Now available in pdf format for saving and printing and Web page format for viewing online

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Editor’s Comments

IN MEMORIAM

HYPOTHYROIDISM Subclinical hypothyroidism is a frequent finding in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Denzer C et al. Subclinical hypothyroidism and dyslipidemia in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Eur J Endocrinol. February 5, 2013 [Epub ahead of print].
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HYPOTHYROIDISM Childhood weight gain and obesity are associated with adult hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroid disease
Ong KK et al on behalf of the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health Development Scientific Data Collection Teams. Childhood weight gain and thyroid autoimmunity at age 60-64 years: the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. February 22, 2013 [Epub ahead of print].
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THYROID CANCER Rising thyroid cancer rates are not related to socioeconomic status and access to medical care
Li N et al. Impact of enhanced detection on the increase in thyroid cancer incidence in the United States: review of incidence trends by socioeconomic status within the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry, 1980-2008. Thyroid 2013;23:103-10. doi: 10.1089/thy.2012.0392. PMID: 23043274.
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THYROID CANCER Thyroid cancer exhibits aggressive behavior in Graves’ disease
Pellegriti G et al, Increased mortality in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer associated with Graves’ disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013; 98:1014-21. Epub January 24, 2013.
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THYROID CANCER Long-term surveillance with serum thyroglobulin might not be worthwhile in patients with very-low-risk thyroid cancer
Durante C, et al. Long-term surveillance of papillary thyroid cancer patients who do not undergo postoperative radioiodine remnant ablation: is there a role for serum thyroglobulin measurement? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012;97;2748-53.
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