Changed presentation of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in North-Eastern Sicily and Calabria (Southern Italy) based on a 31-year experience

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-441

  Benvenga, Salvatore ^a,b   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID NODULE; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SICILY; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049093633     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0234     Document Type: Review

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