Acute transient thyroid swelling following needle biopsy: An update

Stergios A. Polyzos, Athanasios D. Anastasilakis, Georgios Arsos

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Fine needle biopsy (FNB) is regarded as the method of choice in the management of thyroid nodules because of its simplicity, reliability, accuracy and cost-effectiveness. Indeed, the use of FNB has halved the number of patients undergoing thyroidectomy …

Maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy: a critical appraisal of current analytical data on maternal and neonatal outcomes

Spyridon N. Karras, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Andrea Petroczi, Cedric Annweiler, Declan P. Naughton, Dimitrios G. Goulis

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Maternal hypovitaminosis D during pregnancy has been associated with a wide spectrum of adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes, some manifesting stronger associations than others. Research in this field has entered the “era of systematic data evaluation” via the conducting of a series of meta-analyses in an attempt to synthesize …

More on the acute transient thyroid swelling following needle biopsy

Konstantinos Ziambaras

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In response to the very interesting article that was published in Hormones 2012, 11(2): 147-150 “Acute transient thyroid swelling following needle biopsy: An update”, I would like to share our experiences regarding this phenomenon …