Relationship of clinical features and laboratory parameters to thyroid echogenicity measured by standardized grey scale ultrasonography in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Schiemann, Uwe ^a   Avenhaus, Wolfgang ^b   Konturek, Jan ^b   Gellner, Reinhold ^b   Hengst, Karin ^b   Gross, Manfred ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hypothyroidism; Grey scale ultrasonography; Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOGRAM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038559597     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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