Subacute thyroiditis in children: Patient report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 897-900

  Ogawa, Eishin ^a   Katsushima, Yuriko ^a   Fujiwara, Ikuma ^a   Iinuma, Kazuie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Subacute thyroiditis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IODINE 123; LIOTHYRONINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREPUBERTY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0141960436     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.6.897     Document Type: Review

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