Technical Observations on the Assessment of Thyroid Volume by Palpation and Ultrasonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Sheikh, Mehraj ^a   Doi, Suhail A R ^a,b   Sinan, Tariq ^a   Al Shoumer, Kamal A S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Goiter; Iodine deficiency; Thyroid; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; SONOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

SONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INSPECTION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SKILL; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 1042278094     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.2.261     Document Type: Article

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