Mahmoud Ahmed Abbas Khattab <br/><br/>
Assessment of thyroid ultrasonography in type 1 diabetic patients without overt thyroid disease /  
 تقييم الغده الدرقيه بالموجات الفوق صوتيه فى مرضى السكر من النوع الأول الذين لايعانون من أمراض فى الغده الدرقيه 
Mahmoud Ahmed Abbas Khattab ; Supervised Hebat Allah Mostafa Kamal Eldin , Rokiya Abdelaziz Mohammed , Shereen Sadik El sawy  
 - Cairo :   Mahmoud Ahmed Abbas Khattab ,   2014 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine 
<br/><br/> 200 female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were selected from Kasr Al-Eini endocrine and diabetes outpatient clinic without known thyroid illness and 100 female healthy subjects were  selected from Kasr Al-Eini internal medicine outpatient clinic. All females were subjected to the followings: 1- History taking. 2- Clinical examination. 3- Fasting and 2- hours post prandial blood glucose. 4- Thyroid function tests: (i) Free T3. (ii) Free T 4. (iii) TSH . 5- Thyroid Ultrasonography. Results: Incidence of thyroid nodules was higher in diabetic patients (43%) than in normal subjects ( 30%). Conclusion: - Patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus need regular  check up with thyroid ultrasound and thyroid function tests       
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Diabetes Mellitus Thyroid  Ultrasound