Prognostic value of vascularity index for the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease

JBR-BTR

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 185-190

  Banaka, I ^a   Kaltsas, G ^a   Antoniou, S T ^a   Kanakis, G ^a   Zilos, A ^a   Baltas, C S ^b   Thomas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Thyroid; US thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 80054841885     PISSN: 17802393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.582     Document Type: Article

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