Thyroid hemiagenesis with postpartum silent thyroiditis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 306-309

  Nakamura, Shigenori ^a   Isaji, Mako ^a   Ishimori, Masatoshi ^a  

^a Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc pertechnetate thyroid scintiscan; Graves' disease; Methimazole treatment; Thyroid hemiagenesis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HEMIAGENESIS; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; METHIMAZOLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 2542443597     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.306     Document Type: Article

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