Superior thyroid artery mean peak systolic velocity for the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis in Japanese patients

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 439-443

  Uchida, Toyoyoshi ^a   Takeno, Kageumi ^a   Goto, Masahiro ^a   Kanno, Rei ^a   Kubo, Sayaka ^a   Takahashi, Satomi ^a   Azuma, Kousuke ^a   Sakai, Ken ^a   Fujitani, Yoshio ^a   Hirose, Takahisa ^a   Kawamori, Ryuzo ^a   Watada, Hirotaka ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Destructive thyroiditis; Graves' disease; Thyroid artery; Thyrotoxicosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESTRUCTIVE THYROIDITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; ARTERIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77953625039     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K09E-263     Document Type: Article

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