Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate whether there is any protective effect of a regular endurance exercise on the L-Thyroxine-induced oxidative stress in lung tissue of rats.

Materials and methods: Twenty-three male Sprague Dawley rats...

Aim: The oxidative stress which is caused by free radicals can play role in emerging and/or progressing many diseases. Hyperthyroidism can induce a lot of changes dealing with the systems of nitric oxide (NO) and antioxidant systems of several tissues in increasing the...

Objective: It is reported that the first tests to evaluate thyroid functions in the guidelines of American Thyroid Association (ATA), American Association of Clinic Endocrinologs (AACE) and Turkey Endocrinology and Metabolism Association are thyroid stimulated hormone (TSH)...

Objective: Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease which results in excessive production of thyroid hormones and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. TRAb has a key role to confirm the clinical diagnosis of Graves' disease. The different measurement methods have...

Objective: To determine the reference intervals of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free T4 (fT4) and free T3 (fT3) tests from the data of our laboratory by indirect method and to compare them with the manufacturers reference intervals.

Material and Methods:...