Familial occurrence of congenital hypothyroidism due to lingual thyroid gland

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 421-423

  El Desouki, Mahmoud I ^a,b   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^b   Al Jurayyan, Nasir A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Congenital; Familial; Lingual Hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TONGUE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHORISTOMA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0032959102     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199906000-00009     Document Type: Article

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