Genetic and non-iodine-related factors in the aetiology of nodular goitre

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 495-506

  Knudsen, Nils ^a   Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

alcohol; environmental risk factors; goitre aetiology; insulin resistance; oral contraceptives; parity; smoking; twins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IODINE; ISOFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; METFORMIN; NITRATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERCHLORATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SELENIUM; THIOCYANATE; POLLUTANT;

CHILDBIRTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NODULAR GOITER; PARITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROID WEIGHT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEFICIENCY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOITER, NODULAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IODINE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; SMOKING; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84904759273     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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