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ea0029p420 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ICEECE2012

True hermaphroditism with a rare 46,XX/47,XXY Klinefelter’s mosaicism: a new unique case and review of previous reports

Akulevich N. , Boiko J. , Makarava Y. , Khmara I.

Introduction: Only few cases of true hermaphroditism with male phenotype and 46,XX/ 47,XXY Klinefelters mosaic karyotype with clinical features different among cases have been previously described.Case report: A 12-year-old patient was referred to our clinic for mixed gonadal dysgenesis. Since birth he has ambigous genitalia: unilateral criptorchidism on the right and perineal hypospadia; left gonad was palpable in the scrotum since birth. At the a...

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ea0029p1567 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ICEECE2012

Effect of environmental nitrates on the thyroid and salivary glands in the population affected by the chernobyl fall-out

Drozd V. , Leonova T. , Akulevich N. , Mityukova T. , Lushchyk M. , Platonova T. , Shimanskaya I. , Biko J. , Reiners C.

Introduction: An increase in thyroid diseases after the Chernobyl, mostly due to radioactive iodine, has been scientifically recognized. It is also known the effect of nitrate on iodine metabolism: being a competitive inhibitor of sodium-iodine symporter nitrate prevents iodide uptake by the thyroid and compromises thyroid hormone synthesis.The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of thyroid and salivary glands abnormalities by ultraso...

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True hermaphroditism with a rare 46,XX/47,XXY Klinefelter’s mosaicism: a new unique case and review of previous reports

Effect of environmental nitrates on the thyroid and salivary glands in the population affected by the chernobyl fall-out

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