Correlation and presentation of thyroid functional status with thyroid autoantibodies in long-term follow-up of autoimmune thyroiditis: A study of 116 cases.

Background/purpose: The most common diagnostic finding of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is the presence of antithyroid antibodies. While autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) is a common AITD, aspiration cytology is one of the important diagnostic tools of AT.

Methods: We evaluated 116 AT patients with ultrasound-guided aspiration cytology and then analyzed the correlation between thyroid hormone status and thyroid autoantibodies.

Clinical value of NGAL, L-FABP and albuminuria in predicting GFR decline in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Objectives: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) are emerging as excellent biomarkers in the urine and plasma for the early prediction of acute and chronic kidney injury. The aims of this prospective study were to determine the role of albuminuria, and that of serum and urine levels of NGAL and L-FABP as predictors of a decline in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: A longitudinal cohort study with one hundred forty type 2 diabetic patients was conducted.

Correlation of clinical changes with regard to thyroxine replacement therapy in hypothyroid patients: focusing on the change of renal function.

Thyroid dysfunction has an important role in renal insufficiency. The aim of the study was to correlate the change of renal function with other clinical factors after thyroxine therapy in hypothyroid patients. A prospective study was designed and 30 hypothyroid patients were included.