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Open AccessTreatment of Obesity with Thyroid hormones in Europe. Data from the THESIS* Collaboration
The use of thyroid hormones (TH) to treat obesity is unsupported by evidence as reflected in international guidelines. We explored views about this practice, and associations with respondent characteristics am...
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Health care access of thyroid disease patients in Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of repurposing health care facilities in response to COVID-19 on the access of patients with thyroid disease to health care.
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Use of thyroid hormones in hypothyroid and euthyroid patients: A 2020 THESIS questionnaire survey of members of the Danish Endocrine Society
The standard treatment of hypothyroidism is levothyroxine (LT4), which is available as tablets or soft-gel capsules in Denmark. This study aimed to investigate Danish endocrinologists’ use of thyroid hormones ...
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Antithyroid drugs in Graves’ hyperthyroidism: differences between “block and replace” and “titration” regimes in frequency of euthyroidism and Graves’ orbitopathy during treatment
Whereas antithyroid drugs (ATD) are the preferred treatment modality for Graves’ hyperthyroidism (GH), there is still controversy about the optimal regimen for delivering ATD.
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Open AccessAsymmetry indicates more severe and active disease in Graves’ orbitopathy: results from a prospective cross-sectional multicentre study
Patients with Graves’ orbitopathy can present with asymmetric disease. The aim of this study was to identify clinical characteristics that distinguish asymmetric from unilateral and symmetric Graves’ orbitopathy.
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Does early response to intravenous glucocorticoids predict the final outcome in patients with moderate-to-severe and active Graves’ orbitopathy?
Intravenous glucocorticoids (ivGCs) given as 12-weekly infusions are the first-line treatment for moderate-to-severe and active Graves’ orbitopathy (GO), but they are not always effective. In this study, we ev...
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Open AccessGraves’ orbitopathy as a rare disease in Europe: a European Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy (EUGOGO) position statement
Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is an autoimmune condition, which is associated with poor clinical outcomes including impaired quality of life and socio-economic status. Current evidence suggests that the incidence o...
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The role of colonoscopic screening in acromegaly revisited: review of current literature and practice guidelines
Acromegaly is a chronic, debilitating and disfiguring condition with a significantly increased morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular, as well as respiratory complications. Patients with acromegaly are ...
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Open AccessPost-radioiodine management of patients with Graves' disease
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Orbital decompression for Graves’ orbitopathy in England
The purpose of this study was to obtain data on orbital decompression procedures performed in England, classed by hospital and locality, to evaluate regional variation in care.
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SDHB-associated renal oncocytoma suggests a broadening of the renal phenotype in hereditary paragangliomatosis
Mutations in SDHB are one of the causes of hereditary paraganglioma syndrome. Germline mutations in SDHB predispose to the development of head and neck paragangliomas and phaeochromocytomas. Renal tumours are ...
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Thyroid disease and male reproductive function
Despite the high prevalence of thyroid diseases in the general population, male reproductive function in patients with thyroid disease has been the subject of only a few studies. Hyperthyroidism appears to cau...
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Clinical Presentation and Natural History of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) is clinically apparent in about 35% patients with Graves’ disease, but is subclinically present in most patients (8). The presentation of GO is highly variable. None of the clinical si...
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Measurements and modelling of atmospheric pollution over the Paris area: an overview of the ESQUIF Project
The “Étude et Simulation de la QUalité de l’air en Ile de France” (ESQUIF) project is the first integrated project dedicated to the study of the processes leading to air pollution events over the Paris area. T...
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35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Tropospheric Ozone over Europe
With respect to the specific questions set out by the TOR project at its beginning, four Task Groups (TG) were established at the end of 1993. Task Group 1 should focus mainly on the following three questions.
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One-Year Measurements of Pan in the Paris Basin: Temperature and Wind Direction Effect
PAN has been measured continuously for one year in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. Correspondence analysis was used to analyse the important PAN data base obtained during this period, in relation to a...
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A Two Years Study of Oxidants (Pan and Ozone) in a Forested Area
Measurements of PAN and ozone in the ambient air were made for two years at Donon in a forested area. Background levels and monthly mean values are discussed. Relation between wind directions and concentration...
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High PAN concentrations during nonsummer periods: A study of two episodes in Creteil (Paris), France
The effect of sunlight on air containing hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides leads to a very complex series of reactions which form, among other secondary pollutants, peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN). This compound is b...
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The Rapid Rotation of the Wind Direction and Sharp Ozone Peak Features
The diurnal evolution of the ozone concentration follows generally the well known pseudosinusoidal curve. However, sharp accidents are often observed, that may have a variety of origins. Such accident are some...
