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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510019

No Significant Difference in Outcomes for Surgical Treatment of Thyroid Cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients - Analysis of the HCUP NIS Data

Darren B Abbas, MD, Eric Goldschmidt, MD, Christina Camick, MD, Weikai Qu, MD, PhD and Jorge Ortiz, MD

Article Type: ORIGINAL ARTICLE | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

Solid organ transplant recipients, and in particular Kidney Transplant (KTx) patients, are at increased risk for developing thyroid cancers due to immunosuppression and improved long-term survival post-transplant. Using the HCUP NIS database, we compared mortality rate, disposition, LOS, and total hospital charge between KTx and Non-KTx patients following thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer during 2008-2014....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510018

A Current Approach to Hyperprolactinemia

Lau CS and Aw TC

Article Type: REVIEW ARTICLE | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

Prolactin is a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary lactotrophs and is controlled by the influence of hypothalamic dopamine. PRL stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of mammary cells for lactation. There are many causes for hyperprolactinemia, including analytical, physiological, pharmacological, pathological and idiopathic causes. Macroprolactin is a significant analytical cause of hyperprolactinemia, and the most common cause of pathological hyperprolactinemia is prolactin se...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510017

Contribution of 99M TC-HMDP Bone Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Fibrous Dysplasia of Mccune Albright Syndrome in Infant: A Case Report

F Fokoue, S El Mselmi and N Ismaili Alaoui

Article Type: REVIEW ARTICLE | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

We report the case of an infant with McCune-Albright syndrome who was diagnosed with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia using 99m Tc-HMDP bone scintigraphy outside the clinical presentation, although not conventionally presented by the infant. The aim of this work is to show the interest of bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of McCune Albright syndrome....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510016

Close Relationship of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Glucose Dysregulation

Hiroshi BANDO, MD, PhD

Article Type: COMMENTARY | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

One of the recent crucial medical problems in the world has been diabetes mellitus, which is increasing in developed and also developing countries. Furthermore, dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in the elderly has been also medical and social problems due to the extended life span....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510015

Reference Intervals for TSH on the Architect Analyser Based on the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) Guidelines Derived from Healthy Multi-Ethnic Asians Attending a Community Health Fair

TC Aw, J Sickan, Shaoqing X Du, J Li, H Janel and A Beshiri

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

Thyroid diseases are prevalent in Malaysia. A community health survey was undertaken to improve community awareness of the risks of common non-communicable diseases such as thyroid disorders and the benefits of screening for prevention and early detection of these conditions. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is the main biomarker and initial test for thyroid dysfunction. However, no formal reference interval (RI) data for TSH is available in Malaysia and South East Asia. All TSH reference inter...

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