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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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2000

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The Role Of Renin-Angiotensin System Inregulating Fibrinolytic Balance: Potentialmechanism In Prevention Of Myocardialinfarction, Mehmet Ağirbasli, Douglas E. Vaughan Jan 2000

The Role Of Renin-Angiotensin System Inregulating Fibrinolytic Balance: Potentialmechanism In Prevention Of Myocardialinfarction, Mehmet Ağirbasli, Douglas E. Vaughan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Prevalence Of Goitre And Its Relationship With Iodine Deficiency In School Children In Kocaeli, Turkey, Şükrü Hatun, Sidika Beykal, Yenal Dündar, Olcay Evli̇yaoğlu Jan 2000

Prevalence Of Goitre And Its Relationship With Iodine Deficiency In School Children In Kocaeli, Turkey, Şükrü Hatun, Sidika Beykal, Yenal Dündar, Olcay Evli̇yaoğlu

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Prevalence of Goitre and Its Relationship with Iodine Deficiency in School Children in Kocaeli, Turkey 5564 primary school children living in Kocaeli, Turkey, were clinically assessed for thyroid gland enlargement. Goitre was graded according to the WHO 1994 classification. 792 children showed various grades of goitre, giving a prevalence of overall goitre of 14.23%. The median urinary iodine values were found to be greater than 10mg/dl in each group of 20 students, who were selected randomly from those in whom Grade I and Grade II goitre had been detected and from those in whom goitre had not been detected. These …