To the Editor:Thermal ablation(TA)techniques have been widely used for the management of benign thyroid nodules(BTNs)and have been suggested as an alternative to surgery in some authoritative guidelines.[1]In theory,T...
BACKGROUND The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2(SARS-CoV-2) has been found to be responsible for the recent global pandemic known as coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19). SARS-CoV-2 infections not only re...
BACKGROUND Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)which were approved for emergency use have been administered on a large scale globally to contain the pandemic coronavirus disease...
BACKGROUND The literature on thyrotoxicosis caused by excessive ingestion of exogenous thyroid hormone is limited,and most cases reported have involved pediatric clinical studies.CASE SUMMARY A 21-year-old woman initi...
This study was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1702281,No.81670551,and No.81873584);Chinesisch-Deutsches Zentrum fur Wissenschaftsforderung(No.GZ1065);National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFA0205404).
To the Editor:Acute-on-chronic liver failure(ACLF)is a syndrome in patients with chronic liver disease/cirrhosis,characterized by acute deterioration of liver function with one or more extra hepatic organ failures.[1]...
Background: Differentiating Graves hyperthyroidism from the other causes of hyperthyroidism, using serum TRAb testing is essential step for diagnosis. Objectives: To study importance of TRAb in the diagnosis of Graves...
Cardiomyopahty is one of complications of thyrotoxicosis. About 6% of thyrotoxic patients develop heart failure, but less than 1% of the patients progress dilated cardiomyopathy with systolic left ventricular dysthnct...
Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is characterized by excessive synthesis of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hyperplasia.The prevalence ...
Introduction: Toxic multinodular goitre, first described by H.S. Plummer in 1913, is unremitting and often develops slowly, with more subtle symptoms than Graves’ disease. Cardiac symptoms such as tachycardia, heart ...
Along with hereditary myopathies, there are many exogenic (the same a not hereditary) muscle affections due to the pathology of endocrine gland’s functioning. These forms of muscle pathology are called endocrine myop...