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ea0020p160 | Thyroid | ECE2009

Autoimmune thyroid disease functional evolution: the role of thyroid volume

De Remigis Pierluigi , Parisi Gaetana , Consiglio Teresa , Ciccarone Elisabetta , De Remigis Alessandra , Vianale Luigi , Frajese Gaetano

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (ATD) is associated with normal thyroid function (type 1) in most cases with variable incidence of functional evolution toward either hypo (type2, A or B if present or not goiter) or hyperthyroidism (type3).To study the evolution of thyroid function in a longitudinal study, along a scale of six years, in relationship to thyroid volume, 128 subjects (80 females and 48 males), aged from 28 to 78 years, were considered, with the f...