Utility of computed tomography in identifying an ectopic thyroid in infants and pre-school children

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-192

  Kobayashi, Hironori ^a   Tashita, Hideaki ^b   Hara, Hiroko ^c   Hasegawa, Yukihiro ^c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagoya Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ectopic thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 19744375926     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.189     Document Type: Article

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