A study of goiter among female adolescents referred to Centre for Nuclear Medicine, Lahore

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-62

  Elahi, S ^a   Manzoor ul Hassan, A ^a   Syed, Z ^a   Nazeer, L ^b   Nagra, S A ^b   Hyder, S W ^a  

^a MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adolescent goitre; Iodine deficiency; Iodized salt; Thyroid dysfunction; Thyroid malignancy; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXIC GOITER;

EID: 16844387073     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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