Publications by authors named "Joyantimon Lyngwa"
Background: Meghalaya has high tuberculosis burden with increasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases. Drug-induced hypothyroidism is one of the well-documented adverse effects in treatment of MDR-TB, the data of which are unavailable in the population residing in this part of the Indian subcontinent.
Aim: This study was undertaken to assess the thyroid profile status of patients under DOTS Plus treatment and to evaluate the effects of anti-tubercular drugs on thyroid functions with respect to the pre-treatment thyroid status.