Prevalence of palpable thyroid nodule in Isfahan, Iran, 2006: A population based study

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Parham, M ^a   Aminorroaya, A ^a   Amini, M ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti thyroglobulin antibody; Thyroid function tests; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651214384     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085469     Document Type: Article

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