Search for dissertations about: "thyroid ultrasonography"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words thyroid ultrasonography.

  2. 1. Aspects of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents

    Author : Johan Svensson; Pediatrisk endokrinologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescents; thyroid autoantibodies; enterovirus infection; thyroid ultrasonography; reference standard; goiter; chronic autoimmune thyroiditis; levothyroxine treatment; Medicin människa och djur ; Medicine human and vertebrates ; children;

    Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to 1) compare different methods for detection of antibodies against thyroglobulin (TgAb) and thyroid peroxidase (TPOAb), particulary in children with chronic autoimmune thyroditis (AIT), 2) investigate if maternal enterovirus infection is a risk factor for development of AIT in offspring, 3) ascertain the prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in cord blood sera from children who later developed AIT, 4) develop a new reference standard for interpretation of normative thyroid volumes in Swedish children, and 5) evaluate the effect of Levothyroxine (L-thyroxine) treatment on thyroid size in children and adolescents with AIT. We found that 1) Methods based on radioimmunoassay (RIA) were more efficient in detecting both TgAb and TPOAb in children with AIT than methods based on agglutination. READ MORE

  4. 2. Iodine status and iodine pool an a small community in western Sweden

    Author : Mille Milakovic; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : goitre; thyroid volume; ultrasonography; urinary iodine; TpoAb; TSH; iodine supplementation; radioiodine uptake; scintigraphy; XRF;

    Abstract : Iodine is essential in the synthesis of the vital hormones of the thyroid gland. On a worldwide basis, iodine deficiency is the global most important cause of thyroid disease. READ MORE

  5. 3. In search of diagnostic and prognostic markers for thyroid cancer : a proteomics approach

    Author : Anastasios Sofiadis; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Thyroid tumors; thyroid proteomics; S100A6; MIB-1; 2DE; MALDI-TOF-MS; SELDI-TOF-MS; protein pre-fractionation;

    Abstract : Early diagnosis of cancer can influence the therapeutic strategy increasing the chances of cure or, at least, prolonged survival. It is equally important to be able to detect prognostic signs, i.e. tumor features that characterize its behavior. READ MORE