Positron emission tomography as an aid in the diagnosis and follow-up of Riedel's thyroiditis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-189

  Kotilainen, Pirkko ^a   Airas, Laura ^a   Kojo, Tiina ^a   Kurki, Timo ^a   Kataja, Kaisa ^a   Minn, Heikki ^b   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; PET scan; Riedel's thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RIEDEL GOITER; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 3142526434     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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