Screening for thyroid disease of 15-17-year-old schoolchildren in an area with normal iodine intake

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 208-212

  Milakovic, M ^a   Berg, G ^a   Eggertsen, R ^a   Lindstedt, G ^a   Nystrom E ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Schoolchildren; Screening; Thyroid disease; Thyroid volume; TPOAb; TSH

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0035722012     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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