Background: In Nigeria, and perhaps other African countries, thyroid disorders in childhood and adolescence have not been sufficiently studied. Where studies are available, they were either conducted decades ago or they involved only adults. Objective: To describe the pattern of thyroid disorders among children and adolescents seen in a Nigerian teaching hospital and highlight the management challenges encountered. Methods: In this retrospective study, the case notes of all the children and adolescents with thyroid disorders seen in the Paediatric Endocrine-Metabolic Clinic and of those admitted into the wards of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) were audited. Information extracted included age, gender, duration of sym...
AimTo analyze the clinical characteristics of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) in children below 3 years...
Background: In most developing countries, data on the prevalence and distribution of paediatric endo...
Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of clinical and biochemical thyroid dy...
Background: Thyroid disorders constitute a large proportion of endocrine diseases in children and ad...
Background: Normal thyroid function is essential for optimal physical growth and neurocognitive deve...
Thyroid disorders constitute one of the major endocrine disorders in pediatric service. It includes ...
Background: Diseases of the thyroid gland are common endocrine disorders encountered globally and th...
Background: Normal thyroid function is essential for optimal physical growth and neurocognitive deve...
be rare in Africans in the early 1960s. However the 1970s witnessed an upsurge in reported cases of ...
Background: Thyroid disorders are common endocrine disorders encountered in the African continent. E...
BACKGROUND: There are few studies investigating the factors which may affect different biochemical ...
Background: Thyrotoxicosis is a common endocrine disorder worldwide with a female predominance. Grav...
ABSTRACT Thyroid diseases are endemic in our environment. These could be benign or malignant in nat...
Background: The aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of thyroid abnormalities among childr...
Background. Thyroid pathology in children and adolescents is a topical problem of endocrinology. The...
AimTo analyze the clinical characteristics of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) in children below 3 years...
Background: In most developing countries, data on the prevalence and distribution of paediatric endo...
Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of clinical and biochemical thyroid dy...
Background: Thyroid disorders constitute a large proportion of endocrine diseases in children and ad...
Background: Normal thyroid function is essential for optimal physical growth and neurocognitive deve...
Thyroid disorders constitute one of the major endocrine disorders in pediatric service. It includes ...
Background: Diseases of the thyroid gland are common endocrine disorders encountered globally and th...
Background: Normal thyroid function is essential for optimal physical growth and neurocognitive deve...
be rare in Africans in the early 1960s. However the 1970s witnessed an upsurge in reported cases of ...
Background: Thyroid disorders are common endocrine disorders encountered in the African continent. E...
BACKGROUND: There are few studies investigating the factors which may affect different biochemical ...
Background: Thyrotoxicosis is a common endocrine disorder worldwide with a female predominance. Grav...
ABSTRACT Thyroid diseases are endemic in our environment. These could be benign or malignant in nat...
Background: The aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of thyroid abnormalities among childr...
Background. Thyroid pathology in children and adolescents is a topical problem of endocrinology. The...
AimTo analyze the clinical characteristics of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) in children below 3 years...
Background: In most developing countries, data on the prevalence and distribution of paediatric endo...
Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of clinical and biochemical thyroid dy...