Thyroid function patterns at hashimoto's thyroiditis presentation in childhood and adolescence are mainly conditioned by patients' age

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-236

  Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^a   Corrias, Andrea ^b   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^c   Mussa, Alessandro ^b   Capalbo, Donatella ^c   Messina, Maria Francesca ^a   Aversa, Tommaso ^a   Bombaci, Sara ^a   De Luca, Filippo ^a   Valenzise, Mariella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age at presentation; Autoimmune thyroid disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis onset; Thyroid function patterns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EUTHYROIDISM; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FUNCTION; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84870417322     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343815     Document Type: Article

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