[Potential for the clinical use of intranasal rifathyroin for diagnosis and treatment]. / O vozmozhnosti klinicheskogo ispol'zovaniia intranazal'nogo vvedeniia rifatiroina dlia diagnostiki i lecheniia.

It has been shown that stimulated TSH and prolactin levels in intranasal administration of rifathyroin are comparable with the results of i.v. administration of the drug. Intranasal administration can be used for both therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.

[Functional state of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-thyroid system in euthyroid hyperplasia of the thyroid gland]. / Funktsional'noe sostoianie gipotalamo-gipofizarno-tireoidnoi sistemy pri éutireoidnoi giperplazii shchitovidnoi zhelezy.

Function of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-thyroid system was investigated in 51 patients with euthyroid hyperplasia. Basal and TRH-stimulated levels of TSH and STH were investigated. Hyperergic ejection of STH and two pathological types of STH reaction (suggesting dysfunction of the hypothalamohypophyseal-thyroid system in euthyroid hyperplasia) were revealed. A group of patients with a low level of STH in response to TRH-stimulation demonstrated more pronounced changes of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-thyroid system, characterized by a rise of a TSH level in response to stimulation up to 27.59 +/- 3.7 microU and a slightly reduced level of thyroid hormones. Changes in the level of STH indicated certain interest of growth hormone in the genesis of thyroid hyperplasia and could also serve an additional sign in the evaluation of a severity of disorders of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-thyroid system.

[The efficacy of replacement therapy with L-thyroxine in manifest and latent forms of hypothyroidism]. / Effektivnost' zamestitel'noi terapii L-tiroksinom pri iavnykh i skrytykh formakh gipotireoza.

Individual sensitivity of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-thyroid system was studied in 12 patients with various degrees of euthyroid hyperplasia in the first 2 days of thyroxine therapy and during prolonged therapy. The effectiveness of thyroxine substitution therapy was compared with that of therapy with thyroid drugs in 55 patients with hypothyroidism. Euthyroid hyperplasia of III degree was accompanied by a more marked decrease in the level of TSH than in II degree, however during 3 mos. of therapy the size of the gland did not change. L-thyroxine administration for substitution therapy for 3-5 mos. was accompanied by a stable decrease in the level of TSH and improvement of clinical indices in hypothyroidism.