Frequency and characteristics of lingual thyroid not detected by screening

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-233

  Gillis, David ^a,b   Brnjac, Lori ^a   Perlman, Kusiel ^a   Sochett, Etienne B ^a   Daneman, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lingual thyroid; Neonatal screening; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CASE REPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; ENDODERM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; TONGUE;

EID: 0031891281     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1998.11.2.229     Document Type: Article

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