Normal values of thyroid gland in Isfahan, an iodine replete area

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Adibi, Atoosa ^a,c   Sirous, Mehri ^a   Aminorroaya, Ashraf ^b   Roohi, Ehsan ^a   Mostafavi, Mohsen ^a   Fallah, Zahra ^a   Tabatabaei, Azamossadat ^a   Amini, Massoud ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Alzahral Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Thyroid; Ultrasonography; Volume

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PARENCHYMA; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 43249117446     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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