Prevalence of Goiter and its relationship with thyroid function test in primary school children aged 6-12 years in Semnan (2006)

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Seyfhashemi, M ^a   Ghorbani, R ^a   Alavi, M M A ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Euthyroid; Goiter; Hyperthyroid; Hypothyroid; T4; Thyromegaly; TSH

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249155720     PISSN: 16087046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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