"Hypoechoic triangle": A new sonographic sign or marker of advanced autoimmune thyroiditis

Thyroid

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-289

  Solivetti, Francesco M ^a   Papini, Enrico ^b   Misischi, Irene ^b   Palermo, Andrea ^c   Pantano, Angelo Lauria ^c   Bizzarri, Giancarlo ^b   Papini, Laura ^b   Guglielmi, Rinaldo ^b  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOECHOIC TRIANGLE SIGN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FAILURE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 79952365134     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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