What could mice tell us about goiter or other benign thyroid diseases?
Several lines of research have been developed by using mice as animal models, including goiter development and involution, nodules formation and congenital hypothyroidism. They are reviewed and discussed as potential tools to better understand the thyroid pathophysiology.
Denef
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Laboratory of Histology, Catholic University of Louvain, Medical School, Brussels, Belgium. Denef@isto.ucl.ac.be
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D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006042:Goiter; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism; D051379:Mice; D013959:Thyroid Diseases