Endocrine Abstracts

: Sebaceous glands are very sensitive to androgens which can modify the size but not the number of sebaceous glands. Sebaceous hyperplasia is a common benign proliferation of the sebaceous glands seen during the first weeks of life, being reported in 89.4% of 1000 newborns enrolled in across-sectional prospective study in the period of November 2007 to May 2009 in India [1] or in 35% of 2938 neonates aged up to three days of life hospitalized in a Brazilian city [2]. Sebum sec...

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation of vitiligo with thyroid autoimmunity.Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was done on 75 patients clinically diagnosed (old and new) with different types of vitiligo. Patients with known thyroid disease were excluded from the study. Serum TSH and anti-TPO antibodies were measured in all patients.Results: The prevalence of anti-TPO antibody positivity was found in 23 ...