Recognition of a subgroup of adolescents with rapidly growing thyroids under iodine-replete conditions: Seven year follow-up

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 674-680

  Tajtakova M ^a   Langer, P ^b   Gonsorcikova V ^a   Bohov, P ^b   Hancinova D ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROJOD DEPOT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOVAKIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IODINE; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0038160880     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380674     Document Type: Article

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