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UPDATE ON DIABETES
Minerva Medica 2008 June;99(3):263-7
Copyright © 2008 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Thyroid disorders and diabetes mellitus
Grassetto G., Rubello D.
Unità Operativa Complessa di Medicina Nucleare Ospedale “S. Maria della Misericordia” Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)-IRCCS Rovigo, Italy
Diabetes mellitus and thyroid diseases are quite frequently associated. This is true especially when they share the same cause: autoimmune etiology. The hormones involved in this disorders are: insulin, glucagon, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). All of these affect the carbohydrate metabolism, so that the coexistence of thyroid dysfunction and diabetes may render the glycemic control more difficult to be preserved.