Prevalence of thyroid hemiagenesis in an asymptomatic schoolchildren population

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-639

  Korpal Szczyrska, Maria ^a   Kosiak, Wojciech ^a   Swieton, Dominik ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID HEMIAGENESIS; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 46349102757     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0408     Document Type: Article

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