Morphometric features of the thyroid gland: A cadaveric study of Turkish people

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Tanriover, O ^a   Comunoglu, N ^a   Eren, B ^b   Comunoglu, C ^c   Turkmen, N ^d   Bilgen, S ^a   Kaspar, E C ^a   Gundogmus U N ^e  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bursa Group Presidency ^*  (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cadaver; Morphometry; Pyramidal lobe; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THYROID GLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CADAVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROID GLAND; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959763565     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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