Recently Published Editions: No. 5 + 6 - 1995
  Report of the 11th International Thyroid Congress

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 10-15, 1995
G. Hennemann and E. Krenning

Once in every five years a joint meeting is being held of the American Thyroid Association, the Asia Oceania Thyroid Association, the European Thyroid Association, and the Latin American Thyroid Society, und er the name International Thyroid Congress (ITC). The 11th ITC was the biggest thyroid meeting that has ever been held and was attended by 1406 scientists from 56 countries. The meeting was hosted by the American Thyroid Association and the local organizing committee was chaired by Dr Paul Walfish. There were in total 516 oral and poster communications. This report covers clinically oriented reports communicated in this meeting.

Autoimmunity
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Symposium: Medical management of differentiated thyroid cancer
Graves' disease
Ophthalmic Graves' disease (OGD)
Hyperfunctioning adenomas
Hyperthyroidism
Iodine deficiency
Hypothyroidism
Fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules
Thyroid hormone treatment versus bone, heart, and lipids
Non-thyroidal illness
Amiodarone
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH)
Pregnancy
Epidemiology
Interferon-a therapy
Subacute thyroiditis
Thyroid volume measurement
Miscellaneous