Thyroid function and morphology in patients affected by Williams syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 456-460

  Stagi, Stefane ^a   Bindi, Giuseppe ^a   Neri, Anna Silvia ^a   Lapi, Elisabetta ^a   Losi, Stefania ^a   Jenuso, Rita ^a   Salti, Roberte ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 26644446903     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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