A mathematical formula to estimate in vivo thyroid volume from two-dimensional ultrasonography

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 879-882

  Trimboli, Pierpaolo ^a   Ruggieri, Massimo ^a   Fumarola, Angela ^a   D'Alò, Michele ^b   Straniero, Andrea ^a   Maiuolo, Amelia ^a   Ulisse, Salvatore ^a   D'Armiento, Massimino ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID VOLUME; THYROIDECTOMY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 50649102565     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0399     Document Type: Article

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