Relationship between the sonographic appearance of the thyroid and the clinical course and autoimmune activity of Graves' disease

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Baldini, Marina ^a   Orsatti, Alessandra ^a   Bonfanti, Maria Teresa ^b   Castagnone, Daniela ^b   Cantalamessa, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Echotexture; Graves' disease

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECURRENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 27544469201     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20157     Document Type: Article

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