Incidence rate of symptomatic painless thyroiditis presenting with thyrotoxicosis in Denmark as evaluated by consecutive thyroid scintigraphies

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-244

  Schwartz, Frederik ^a   Bergmann, Natasha ^a   Zerahn, Bo ^a   Faber, Jens ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Incidence rate; Painless thyroiditis; Prevalence in hyperthyroidism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIODARONE; ETANERCEPT; INTERLEUKIN 2; IPILIMUMAB; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DENMARK; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PAINLESS THYROIDITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 84876124034     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2013.769623     Document Type: Article

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