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Hyperthyroidism

March 2004

• Heart failure in pregnant women with hyperthyroidism is usually precipitated by a disorder of pregnancy

• Accidental ingestion of high doses of thyroid hormone by children rarely causes hyperthyroidism

• In hyperthyroidism therapy with methimazole after therapy with radioiodine does not reduce the efficacy of radioiodine

November 2003

• Multinodular goiter is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in older people

• Ground beef patties can cause hyperthyroidism

• Prolonged low-dose antithyroid drug therapy results in a high remission rate in Graves' hyperthyroidism

• Thyrotropin-like antibodies may inhibit thyrotropin secretion

• Thyroid dysfunction in fetuses of mothers with Graves’ disease can be detected by sampling umbilical cord blood

July 2003

• Antineutrophil and antinuclear antibodies in patients with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease

• Some personality traits and daily hassles predispose patients with Graves' disease to recurrent hyperthyroidism

• Prednisone is better therapy than iopanoic acid in amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism

• Fixed doses of radioactive iodine are as effective as thyroid activity- and size-adjusted doses for hyperthyroidism

• Neutropenia is a hazard of antithyroid drug therapy in patients with hyperthyroidism

March 2003

• Secretion of ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, is decreased in hyperthyroidism

• Polycystic ovaries in women with hyperthyroidism

• Thyroxine therapy does not alter outcome in patients with hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease

November 2002

• Hyperthyroidism from the dietary supplement tiratricol (3,5,3 -triiodothyroacetic acid)

• Serum thyroid hormone values and counts of blood eosinophils and monocytes distinguish between Graves' disease and thyroiditis

July 2002

• Hypofunctioning thyroid nodules in patients with hyperthyroidism may be thyroid carcinomas

• Sonography may be useful in evaluating patients with amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism

• Antithyroid drug therapy is effective in many patients with amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism

• Methimazole or carbimazole can cause liver dysfunction in patients with hyperthyroidism

March 2002

• Atrial fibrillation is common in patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism

• Recurrence of cardiac rhythm abnormalities in patients with hyperthyroidism caused by amiodarone

• Lithium therapy can cause thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism

• No overall increase in major malformations in infants of mothers treated with methimazole during pregnancy

• Thyrotropin-receptor antibodies in patients with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease inhibit thyrotropin secretion

• Serum from cats with hyperthyroidism does not activate feline hyrotropin receptors