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Thyroid Nodule Therapy in Patients with Insulin Resistance

Posted on October 02, 2008

Recent studies have shown that patients with high levels of insulin seen in obesity, diabetes, and in thin patients with insulin resistance have a larger thyroid gland by volume studies by ultrasound, and have a significant increased number of nodules.Thyroid vol.18(4),461-164 2008. Obese and non-obese patients with insulin resistance had increased thyroid volumes, compared to obese, and normal...

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diabetes , insulin , obese , obesity , thyroid