The association between hypoechogenicity or irregular echo pattern at thyroid ultrasonography and thyroid function in the general population

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-552

  Vejbjerg, Pernille ^a,e   Knudsen, Nils ^a,e   Perrild, Hans ^a   Laurberg, Peter ^b   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^b   Rasmussen, Lone B ^c   Ovesen, Lars ^d   Jørgensen, Torben ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Danish Heart Association   (Denmark)

^e Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33750258742     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02255     Document Type: Article

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