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  • Title: Thyroid disease in Uganda.
    Author: Cardozo LJ, Viegas OA.
    Journal: Trop Geogr Med; 1974 Sep; 26(3):261-4. PubMed ID: 4439461.
    Abstract:
    A five-year retrospective study of thyroid disease in an Uganda hospital shows that about 67% of cases are due to goitrous hyperplasia, with colloid diffuse goitre twice as common as nodular goitre. It also notes that goitre rates in neighbouring countries are high, and suggests that a survey to assess its prevalence in Uganda is necessary. I deficiency as an etiological factor and the advantage of a national salt iodization programme are discussed. The rising incidence of thyrotoxicosis (11.4%) is in keeping with its increasing frequency elsewhere in Africa. The incidence of neoplastic diseases of the thyroid is low. Chronic thyroiditis was not seen.
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