Thyroid structure and size and two-year follow-up of solitary cold thyroid nodules in an unselected population with borderline iodine deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-230

  Knudsen, Nils ^a,b   Perrild, Hans ^a   Christiansen, Erik ^a   Rasmussen, Susanne ^b   Dige Petersen, Harriet ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0034112109     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420224     Document Type: Article

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