The epidemiology, pathology, and management of goitre in Yemen

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-123

  Al Hureibi, Khalid A ^a   Abdulmughni, Yasser A ^b   Al Hureibi, Mohammed A ^b   Al Hureibi, Yahia A ^b   Ghafoor, Mohammed A ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Goiter; Ultrasonography; Universal salt iodinization; Yemen

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCALCEMIA; IODINATION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SEA LEVEL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YEMEN;

EID: 1842840043     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.119     Document Type: Article

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