Thyroid incidentaloma in Isfahan, Iran - A population-based study

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-320

  Jafary, Fatemeh ^a   Aminorroaya, Ashraf ^a   Amini, Massoud ^a   Adibi, Atoosa ^b   Sirous, Mehri ^b   Roohi, Ehsan ^b   Mostafavi, Mohsen ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Iran; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IODINE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 54749122393     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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