Shape, measurements and weight of the thyroid gland in northwest Indians

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Harjeet, A ^a   Sahni, Daisy ^a   Jit, Indar ^a   Aggarwal, A K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Endocrine glands; Goiter; Muscle levator glandulae thyroideae; Nortwest India; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 1842740187     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0194-y     Document Type: Article

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