A model of the cost of delaying treatment of Hashimotos thyroiditis: thyroid cancer initiation and growth

Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disorder that drives the function of thyroid gland to the sequential clinical states:euthyroidism (normal condition), subclinical hypothyroidism (asymptomatic period) and overt hypothyroidism (symptomatic period). In this disease, serum thyroidstimu...

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Main Authors: Balamurugan Pandiyan, Stephen J. Merrill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2019-09-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/mbe.2019406?viewType=HTML