Familial form of thyroid dysgenesis: Report of thyroid hemiagenesis with accompanying Graves' disease in a woman whose daughter has thyroid agenesis

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-49

  Lee, I Te ^a   Sheu, Wayne Huey Herng ^a   Lin, Shih Yi ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Familial thyroid dysgenesis; Graves' disease; Thyroid hemiagenesis

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0037236655     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067938     Document Type: Article

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