Multimodal distribution versus logarithmic transformation of thyroid volumes in adolescents: Detection of subgroup with subclinical thyroid disorders and its impact on the assessment of the upper limit of normal thyroid volumes

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-125

  Langer, Pavel ^a   Tajtáková, Mária ^b   Koška, Juraj ^a   Bohov, Pavol ^a   Šeböková, Elena ^a   Klimeš, Iwar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Genetic factors; Multimodal distribution; Normal thyroid volume; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; AUTOANTIBODIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0038671974     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.117     Document Type: Article

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