Maria Antonia Violi

TL;DR: A prospective study of the neuropsychological development of the offspring of 16 women from a moderately iodine-deficient area and of 11 controlWomen from a marginally iodine-sufficient area whose thyroid function had been monitored during early gestation, which might suggest a common ADHD pathogenetic mechanism consisting of reduced sensitivity of the nuclear receptors to thyroid hormone or reduced availability of intracellular T3 for nuclear receptor binding.

TL;DR: Prolonged iodized salt significantly improves maternal thyroid economy and reduces the risk of maternal thyroid insufficiency during gestation, probably because of a nearly restoring intrathyroidal iodine stores.

TL;DR: In both registries, more than 35% of PTMCs exhibited 2 or more risk factors, suggesting that they may require surgery and follow-up similar to that of larger carcinomas, and within Sicily, the incidence is twice as high in the volcanic area.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the HGF/c-met system is activated (by overexpression of both components) in the vast majority of PTC.

TL;DR: The incidence of isolated hypothyroxinemia or biochemical hypothyroidism doubled between midgestation and term in group A, suggesting that moderate iodine deficiency may result in maternal thyroid failure during the later stages of pregnancy.