The children reference range of thyroid hormones in Northern Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 862-865

  Mansourian, A R ^a   Ahmadi, A R ^a   Saifi, A ^a   Bakhshandehnosrat, S ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Reference range; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957678858     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.862.865     Document Type: Article

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