Thyroid Doppler ultrasonography and resistive index in the evaluation of the need for ablative or antithyroid drug therapy in Graves' hyperthyroidism

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 753-757

  Wang, Chih Yuan ^a   Chang, Tien Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ablative therapy; Doppler ultrasonography; Graves' hyperthyroidism; Pulsatility index; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SURGERY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035690428     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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