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Volume 15 | ESPEYB15 | Next issue

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

3 Thyroid

Reviews

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3.16 Global epidemiology of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism

PN Taylor , D Albrecht , A Scholz , G Gutierrez-Buey , JH Lazarus , CM Dayan , OE Okosieme

To read the full abstract: Nat Rev Endocrinol 2018;14:301-316The authors provide complete information as far as available on the prevalence of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and iodine deficiency all over the world. Nutritional iodine is a key determinant of thyroid disease risk. Further factors influencing thyroid disease prevalence are smoking, ageing, genetic susceptibility, and endo...

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3.17 Diagnostic utility of molecular and imaging biomarkers in cytological indeterminate thyroid nodules

EJ de Koster , LF de Geus-Oei , OM Dekkers , I van Engen-van Grunsven , J Hamming , EPM Corssmit , H Morreau , A Schepers , J Smit , WJG Oyen , D Vriens

To read the full abstract: Endocr Rev 2018;39:154-191This extensive paper reviews current state of knowledge concerning possible diagnostic accuracy of all available biomarkers used for molecular diagnostics and in nuclear medicine for investigation of thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology....