Ectopic lingual thyroid tissue and acquired hypothyroidism: Case report

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Cappelli, C ^a   Gandossi, E ^a   Cumetti, D ^a   Castellano, M ^a   Pirola, I ^a   De Martino, E ^a   Agosti, B ^a   Micheletti, L ^a   Cherubini, L ^a   Mattanza, C ^a   Agabiti Rosei, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Lingual thyroid

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; EMBRYOLOGY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LITERATURE; NECK; SCINTIGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33745663290     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4266(06)72593-8     Document Type: Article

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