Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia

Our prevalence of thyroid dysfunction are compatible most studies world wide (2.1% for hypothyroidism and 3.4% hyperthyroidism). Prevalence of goitre is 9.3% and thyroid nodule is 3.6%. There may be pockets of iodine deficiency which contributes to goitre in rural areas. Goitre in the coastal areas...

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Main Author:	Shahar, Mohammad Arif
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine
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spelling	iium-585672017-09-28T02:44:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58567/ Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia Shahar, Mohammad Arif R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Our prevalence of thyroid dysfunction are compatible most studies world wide (2.1% for hypothyroidism and 3.4% hyperthyroidism). Prevalence of goitre is 9.3% and thyroid nodule is 3.6%. There may be pockets of iodine deficiency which contributes to goitre in rural areas. Goitre in the coastal areas are likely autoimmune. Large proportion of the population may be unaware that they have some sort of thyroid problems especially hypothyroidism and subclinical thyroid dysfunction 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58567/1/Thyroid%20disorders%20in%20Malaysia%20FMS%202017.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58567/2/Prevalence%20of%20thyroid%20disease%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Shahar, Mohammad Arif (2017) Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia. In: 20th Family Medicine Scientific Conference, 2nd-5th August 2017, Penang. (Unpublished)
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description	Our prevalence of thyroid dysfunction are compatible most studies world wide (2.1% for hypothyroidism and 3.4% hyperthyroidism). Prevalence of goitre is 9.3% and thyroid nodule is 3.6%. There may be pockets of iodine deficiency which contributes to goitre in rural areas. Goitre in the coastal areas are likely autoimmune. Large proportion of the population may be unaware that they have some sort of thyroid problems especially hypothyroidism and subclinical thyroid dysfunction
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shahar, Mohammad Arif
author_facet	Shahar, Mohammad Arif
author_sort	Shahar, Mohammad Arif
title	Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia
title_short	Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia
title_full	Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia
title_sort	prevalence of thyroid disorders in malaysia
publishDate	2017
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Prevalence of thyroid disorders in Malaysia

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