Thyroid disorders in children exposed to radiation from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Author: I.N. Yakovleva

Reference: Dissertation, 2008

Keywords: nontoxic goiter, auto-immune thyroiditis, thyroid cancer

Abstract: The aim of the study is to assess the characteristics of thyroid disease (diffusion-nontoxic goiter, auto-immune thyroiditis, thyroid cancer) in children exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident and living in iodine deficient areas, from the point of view of their prevalence, etiology and pathogenesis, reactivity changes occurring in the various segments of the child’s adaptive system… to justify the tactics of treatment and prevention of this disease.
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