دورية أكاديمية
Hashimoto's thyroiditis in children and adolescents
| العنوان: | Hashimoto's thyroiditis in children and adolescents |
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| المؤلفون: | Marković Slavica, Kostić Gordana, Igrutinović Zoran, Vuletić Biljana |
| المصدر: | Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 136, Iss 5-6, Pp 262-266 (2008) |
| بيانات النشر: | Serbian Medical Society, 2008. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | autoimmune thyroid disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, children, goitre, Medicine |
| الوصف: | INTRODUCTION Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a common cause of goitre and hypothyroidism in children and adolescents. Spontaneous remission may occur in up to 50% patients, but the development of hypothyroidism is possible. OBJECTIVE We investigated the clinical manifestations, course and long-term outcome of HT. METHOD We reviewed charts of 43 children (36 females) with HT, mean age at presentation 12.3 years, and mean follow-up duration 4.6 years. RESULTS HT is five times more common in females. The common complaints leading to referral were goitre in 19 children (44.3%), diffuse in 17 children (89.5%). As to the prevalence of goitre, it accounted for significantly more referrals in females (14 girls, and 5 boys; 73.7% vs 26.3%, t-test; p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English Serbian |
| تدمد: | 0370-8179 26004844 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/0370-8179Test |
| DOI: | 10.2298/SARH0806262M |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/df8627ee26004844adc779f71c9b0d19Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.f8627ee26004844adc779f71c9b0d19 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 03708179 26004844 |
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| DOI: | 10.2298/SARH0806262M |