Thyroid functional status in leprosy patients in Sudan
(East. Mediterr. health j).
em Inglês
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| ID: who-118991
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ABSTRACT
We studied 45 adult patients with untreated lepromatous leprosy and borderline leprosy, presenting at clinics in Khartoum and Omdurman, to assess clinical and biochemical effects of the disease on thyroid function. A matching control group of 30 subjects, without symptoms or signs of thyroid disease, were included for comparison. Thyroxine, triiodothyronine and thyrotrophin levels were within normal range. Mean serum thyroxine was low in both groups [significant in lepromatous leprosy patients only]. Mean serum triiodothyronine was high in both groups [significant in neither group]. Mean thyrotrophin was significantly higher in both groups compared with controls
Texto completo:
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Coleções:
Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Hanseníase
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Base de dados:
WHO IRIS
Assunto principal:
Doenças da Glândula Tireoide
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Testes de Função Tireóidea
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Tiroxina
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Tri-Iodotironina
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Tireotropina
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Hanseníase Dimorfa
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Hanseníase Virchowiana
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Doenças Endêmicas
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
East. Mediterr. health j
Ano de publicação:
2001