Sonographic and functional characteristics of thyroid nodules in a population of adult people in Isfahan

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-191

  Imani, Elham Faghih ^a   Aminorroaya, Ashraf ^a   Soheilipour, Fahimeh ^a   Adibi, Atoosa ^a   Sirous, Mehri ^a   Roohi, Ehsan ^a   Mostafavi, Mohsen ^a   Amini, Masoud ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Iodine; Iran; Nodular goiter; Sonography

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIOTRIX; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; THYROID NODULE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953533221     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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