Ultrasound of the thyroid gland in the newborn: Normative data

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Perry, R J ^a   Hollman, A S ^a   Wood, A M ^a   Donaldson, M D C ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036828624     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.87.3.f209     Document Type: Article

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