Open AccessEvaluation Profile of Thyroid Nodule by Fnac in the Rural Population of Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana
Author(s) -
Hemlata T Kamra,
Ruchi Agarwal,
Parveen Rana,
Rajnish Kalra,
Swaran Kaur,
Amrita Duhan,
Sanjay Verma,
Devisha Agarwal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9134.4977
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , nodule (geology) , thyroid nodules , population , thyroid disease , goiter , disease , epidemiology , pathology , pediatrics , environmental health , paleontology , biology
Thyroid disease is most common endocrine disorder and is different from other endocrine diseases because of its visible swelling and ease of diagnosis. If left untreated, thyroid disease makes a person more prone for heart disease, infertility and osteoporosis. In India, significant burden of thyroid diseases exist with an estimation of around 42 million cases. The thyroid status and autoimmune status of adult Indian population in the post iodinization phase is largely unknown.