Clinical course of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and effects of levothyroxine therapy on the clinical course of the disease in children and adolescents

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 192-197

  Özen, Samim ^a   Berk, Ömer ^b   Şimşek, Damla Gökşen ^b   Darcan, Şükran ^b  

^a Mersin Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Levothyroxine; Thyroid autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROXINE;

EID: 83455213625     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.425     Document Type: Article

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