Lingual Thyroid Presenting as Acquired Hypothyroidism in the Adulthood

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-384

  Tojo, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretinism; Ectopic thyroid gland; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHORISTOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0032041417     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.381     Document Type: Article

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