Acute suppurative thyroiditis in childhood: Relative frequency among thyroid inflammatory diseases

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 346-347

  Wasniewska, M ^a   Vigone, M C ^b   Cappa, M ^c   Aversa, T ^a   Rubino, M ^a   De Luca, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34347261666     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03346303     Document Type: Letter

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