Assessment of thyroid function during the long course of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in children and adolescents

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-454

  Demirbilek, H ^a   Kandemir, N ^a   Gonc, E N ^a   Ozon, A ^a   Alikasifoglu, A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 68949199076     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03501.x     Document Type: Article

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