Ultrasound evaluation of thyroid size: A large nationwide study of schoolchildren in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Marwaha, Raman K ^a,b   Tandon, N ^a   Ashraf, Ganie M ^a   Ganguly, S K ^a,b   Batra, A ^a,b   Aggarwal, R ^a,b   Mani, Kalaivani ^a   Singh, S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAGING; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; THYROID GLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44949137233     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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