Reference values for thyroid volume established by ultrasound in Polish schoolchildren

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-109

  Szybiński, Zbigniew ^a   Trofimiuk Müldner, Małgorzata ^b   Buziak Bereza, Monika ^b   Walczycka, Lucyna ^b   Hubalewska Dydejczyk, Alicja ^b  

^a CM ^*  (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Iodine prophylaxis; Normative values; Thyroid volume

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84861142028     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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