Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Frequent blood transfusions and iron overload lead to many complications in patients with -thalassemia major. Endocrine disorders are detected in these patients with a high frequency. Early diagnosis and treatment of these complications could result in improvement of quality of life.Patients and methods: A total of 183 patients with thalassemia major aged between 10 and 22 years old were evaluated for endocrinopathy. Blood samples were taken ...

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2006 among 3204 girls, aged 6 to 17, and living in Isfahan, Iran. Participants were selected by multistage random cluster probability-sampling. A pediatric endocrinologist determined Pubertal stages by inspection and palpation according to Marshall and Tanner staging. The self-reported information was collected for occurrence and age of menarche. The percentiles of different pubertal stages w...

Background: Despite long standing iodine supplementation in Iran the prevalence of goiter remains high in some areas. This may suggest that factors other than iodine deficiency may play a role. In the present we investigated the possible role of thiocyanate (SCN) in the etiology of goiter in Semirom, Iran.Methods: One thousand and eight hundred and twenty-eight schoolchildren (7–13 year-old) were selected by multi stage random sampling. Thyroid size...