Goiter associated with acromegaly: Sonographic and scintigraphic findings of the thyroid gland

Thyroid

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 791-796

  Kasagi, K ^a,b   Shimatsu, A ^a   Miyamoto, S ^a   Misaki, T ^a   Sakahara, H ^a   Konishi, J ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IODINE 123; LIOTHYRONINE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0032820305     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1999.9.791     Document Type: Article

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