Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid goiter may be present in different thyroid pathologies, such as non-toxic nodular goiter (NTNG) or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT), as a result of focal hyperplasia of thyrocytes (nodal goiter) or generalized enlargement of thyroid (diffuse goiter). Previous studies have demonstrated that programmed cell death, known as apoptosis, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of many thyroid diseases, especially inflammatory conditions.<p class="abste...