Screening of parents and siblings of patients with thyroid dysgenesis by thyroid function tests and ultrasound

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 329-339

  Karakoc, Elif ^a   Turan, Serap ^a   Akpinar, Ihsan ^a   Isguven, Pinar ^b   Adal, Erdal ^c   Haklar, Goncagül ^a   Dede, Fuat ^a   Bereket, Abdullah ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Bakirkoy Matern and Infant Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic thyroid abnormality; Family screening; Hypoplasia; Thyroid dysgenesis; Thyroid volumes

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROTROPINEMIA; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PEDIGREE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54449085656     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000161863     Document Type: Article

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