[Gabonese thyroid pathology in a hospital milieu in Libreville: 137 cases].
From November 1991 to December 1996, 158 patients of whom 137 were Gabonese were examined at the Hospital Center of Libreville (department of internal medicine "B") for a thyroid disorder. The retrospective analysis of their files showed a large majority of women (94.2%) and the main diseases were euthyroidgoiter (54.7%), Graves'disease(13.1%), hypothyroidism (8.8%), thyroiditis (6.6%), toxic multinodular goiter (6.6%) while about 10% of goiters remained unclassified.
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D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon / Q000453:epidemiology; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000453:epidemiology; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000453:epidemiology
La pathologie thyroïdienne du Gabonais en milieu hospitalier à Libreville: étude de 137 cas.