CLINICAL THYROIDOLOGY
MARCH 2009
VOLUME 21 ISSUE 3
Editor: Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD
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EDITOR’S COMMENTS
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THYROTOXICOSIS Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis is associated with a nearly threefold increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events that must be identified and treated
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 3 March 2009
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GRAVES’ DISEASE Low stress level is not causally related to biochemically less severe Graves’ disease in older patients
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THYROID CANCER Patients with papillary thyroid cancer who have central neck compartment (level VI) lymph-node metastases have a 70 to 100% chance of concurrent ipsilateral lateral compartment involvement
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PEDIATRIC SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM Elevated TSH levels normalize or remain unchanged in the majority of children with subclinical hypothyroidism
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THYROID CANCER Disease-free and cancer-specific survival is similar in familial and sporadic papillary thyroid cancer in Japanese patients
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PEDIATRIC THYROID CANCER Differentiated thyroid cancer is more aggressive in prepubertal children, but the short-term outcomes are similar in prepubertal and pubertal children
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