Ultrasonography estimated thyroid volume: A prospective study about its reliability

Thyroid

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-39

  Minuto, Michele N ^a   Orlandini, Cinzia ^a   Galleri, David ^a   Massi, Marco ^a   Berti, Piero ^a   Miccoli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NODULAR GOITER; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; THYROID VOLUME; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33644772458     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.37     Document Type: Article

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