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ea0029p1314 | Paediatric endocrinology | ICEECE2012

The presence of thyroid nodules in our morbid obese patients and its relation with metabolic parameters

Sahin M. , Temizhan H. , Ucan B. , Cakal E. , Ozbek M. , Dogan H. Karakose , Unsal I. Ozturk , Gungunes A. , Bozkurt N. Colak , Arslan M. Sayki , Ozkaya E. Cakir , Karbek B. , Yilmaz H. , Akkaya E. Tutal , Delibasi T.

Objective: Insulin resistance may contribute to the development of nodular thyroid disease. Changes in thyroid morphology have been reported in obese patients. In this study, we examined the frequency of nodular thyroid disease in morbid obese patients (BMI>40 kg/m2) and investigated the metabolic parameters which may play a role in thyroid nodule formation.Methods: Three hundred and six morbid obese patients (296 women, 10 men) (age 46.2&...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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