Endemic goiter in pregnant women: Utility of the simplified classification of thyroid size by palpation and urinary iodine as screening tests

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1366-1372

  Castañeda, Rutila ^a   Lechuga, Diana ^b   Ramos, Rosa Isela ^a   Magos, Clementina ^c   Orozco, Maribel ^a   Martínez, Homero ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Servicios de Salud   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID WEIGHT; ULTRASOUND; URINARY EXCRETION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036910626     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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