title: [Surgical treatment of 286 patients with goiter in the Algerian People's Democratic Republic].
abstract: The paper is concerned with the results of the investigation of 286 patients with different types of thyroid pathology, operated upon by the authors over a 2-year period in the Algerian People's Democratic Republic. Of them 61.5% were patients with diffuse euthyroid goiter. The results obtained indicate that the mountainous areas of this country are goiter endemic.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Aristarkhov
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Geleskul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahbush
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000462:Algeria; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: O khirurgicheskom lechenii 286 bol'nykh zobom v Alzhirskoĭ narodnoĭ demokraticheskoĭ respublike.