Atypical subacute thyroiditis caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection in a three-year-old girl

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1189-1191

  Volta, Cecilia ^a   Carano, Nicola ^a   Street, Maria Elisabeth ^a   Bernasconi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEFLAZACORT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIOTHYRONINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 28344434512     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1189     Document Type: Article

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