Urban Air Pollution Associated with the Incidence of Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases.

Background: Endocrine disrupting air pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (SO), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO), fine particle matter (PM), and ozone (O) can affect thyroid gland function on the level of synthesis, metabolism, and the action of its hormones.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish whether increased air pollution could contribute to an increased incidence of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD).

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of the medical records of 82000 patients at the University Clinical Centre in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Epidemiological Characteristics of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in the Tuzla Canton in the Period from 2015 to 2020.

Background: Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is one of the countries of Southeast Europe with the lack of data about chronic autoimmune thyroid diseases (CAITD) epidemiology.

Objective: This research aimed to assess incidence of CAITD in the Tuzla Canton of B&H during a 6-year period (2015-2020).

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 82,000 hospital records of inpatients and outpatients with possible thyroid symptoms residing in Tuzla Canton of B&H (total of 445,028 inhabitants).

Human anterior pituitary's ACTH cells during the aging process: immunohistochemic and morphometric study.

Corticotrophs produce a hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland cortex to secrete glucocorticoids, which in turn have effects on carbohydrate and protein metabolism. Quantification, morphological characteristics, and distribution of corticotrophs in the anterior pituitary and changes in the number and shape of the cells during aging have been examined using immunohistochemical and morphometric methods. The material consisted of 14 anterior pituitaries taken from cadavers at routine autopsy.

Morphometric analysis of the epineurial and endoneurial blood vessels of the human sciatic nerve in relation to aging.

The aim of this research is to perform an analysis of the epineurial and endoneurial blood vessels in relation to aging. The research is conducted on samples of the human sciatic nerve of 12 case (age from 27 to 89). The histological sections are stained by streptavidin-biotin method of detecting the presence of Type IV collagen.

Position and size of massa intermedia in Serbian brains.

Background: Massa intermedia, a midline bar-shaped structure, connects two thalami across the third ventricle in 70-80% of healthy humans. It has become clinically important since its absence was comprehended as a midline malformation of the brain and brought in connection with schizophrenia indicating that some symptoms could be a consequence of disturbed neuron chains underlying the mechanisms of attention and processing of information. The aim of the investigation was to find out the incidence, position, and size of massa intermedia in the brains of the Serbian population.