Could improved ultrasound and power Doppler replace thyroidal radioiodine uptake to assess thyroid disease?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 70-71

  Bogazzi, Fausto ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Destruction induced thyrotoxicosis; Doppler ultrasound; Graves' disease; Radioiodine uptake; Thyroid blood flow

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG UPTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38549149687     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0692     Document Type: Note

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