Background and Aims: Thyroid disorders are one of the endocrine disorders commonly encountered in childhood and adolescence and they manifest with alternations in thyroid hormone secretions, goitre or both. Normal thyroid gland function is critical for early neurocognitive develo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/43515
Aim: To study the pattern of thyroid functional derangements in patients with metabolic syndrome. Methods: The current study was designed as a cross sectional descriptive study of 130 patients with metabolic syndrome. Results: The mean age was 57.5, with 88 [67.69%] females. Acco...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32311
Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of thyroid disorders. Major effects of thyroid hormones are the acceleration of mitochondrial respiration which is accompanied by excessive production of reactive oxygen species leading to oxidative stress and lipid per...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/32063
In anaesthesia practice, patients with thyroid gland and the other endocrine pathologies are frequently experienced. Multiple organs as well as cardiovascular system are influenced in patients with thyroid gland dysfunction during the urgent surgery. We aimed to present our anaes...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/31273
Aims: The aim of present study was to find out the serum concentration of two important electrolytes Sodium and Potassium in hypothyroid patients and establish its relationship with thyroid function parameters. Study Design: Hospital based retrospective cross-sectional study. Pla...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30905
Aims: To determine the relationship between maternal hypothyroidism and preterm birth, neonatal low birth weight and neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27963
Aim: The aim of our study was to assess the utility of lipoprotein (a) as a reliable cardiovascular risk marker in hypothyroid patients. This involved estimation and comparison of lipoprotein (a) levels between hypothyroid patients and healthy adults. To correlate lipoprotein (a)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/26843
Aims: To evaluate the relation of female infertility to thyroid dysfunction. Study Design: This is a descriptive, hospital-based study. Place and Duration of Study: The present study was carried out in the department of Biochemistry in collaboration with the Gynae and Obst depart...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24926
Introduction: Thyroid associated endocrinopathies are the second most common endocrine disorders, after diabetes mellitus in women and are more prevalent in women during their reproductive ages. Diagnosing thyroid disease in pregnancy can be difficult as the clinical signs and sy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23754
Primary hypothyroidism may present with myriad of unusual presentation apart from typically described signs and symptoms. We report an unusual case of primary hypothyroidism clinically presenting as acute psychosis and radiologically mimicking as pituitary macroadenoma. A 19-year...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23244
Aims: Thyroid dysfunction is commonly encountered in pregnancy and can affect maternal and Fetal outcomes. Limited data are available from north east India on the prevalence of various thyroid disorders in pregnancy. The present study was hence conducted to evaluate the prevalenc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20534
Thyroid hormone deficiency (hypothyroidism) leads to many serious conditions in body. Oxidative stress (OS), a state of excess free radicals and reactive metabolites formation which ultimately leads to an imbalance between the production of oxidants and their elimination by antio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/17638