Thyroid autoimmunity is associated with higher urinary iodine concentrations in an iodine-deficient area of northwestern Greece

Thyroid

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-283

  Tsatsoulis, Agathocles ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth O ^a   Andricula, Maria ^a   Kalogera, Chrysoyla ^a   Svarna, Eygenia ^a   Spyroy, Polyxeni ^a   Seferiadis, Konstantinos ^a   Tsolas, Orestes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; GREECE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID WEIGHT; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0032908534     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1999.9.279     Document Type: Article

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