TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmed Ragab Elabassy
AU  - Ahmed Abdelsamee Kandeel , 
AU  - Ashraf Ahmed Abobakr , 
AU  - Jehan Ahmed Younis , 
TI  - Role of thyroid scan in diagnosis of interferon induced thyroid dysfunction / 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Ahmed Ragab Elabassy , 
KW  - Interferon
KW  - Thyroid dysfunctions
KW  - Thyroid scan
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine; Issued also as CD
N2  - The study included 80 HCV Egyptians patients eligible for treatment with interferon alpha. Thyroid hormones, thyroid autoantibodies (anti TG Ab, anti-peroxidase Ab and anti TSH Ab), thyroid uptake and scan were performed at basal condition and 3 months after treatment. After 3 months of IFN- Ü administration, 23 / 80 patients (28.7%) developed thyroid dysfunction. A statistically significant elevation of thyroid autoantibodies was detected in 58%of patients compared to 36% at basal condition. Do novo thyroid autoimmunity was detected in 22.5% of patients
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