The usefulness of conventional and echo colour Doppler sonography in the differential diagnosis of toxic multinodular goitres

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-346

  Boi, F ^a   Loy, M ^a   Piga, M ^a   Serra, A ^a   Atzeni, F ^a   Mariotti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXIC GOITER;

EID: 0033799570     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1430339     Document Type: Article

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