Ultrasonographic thyroid nodular findings in Japanese children

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Taniguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Hayashida, Naomi ^b   Shimura, Hiroki ^c   Okubo, Noriyuki ^d   Asari, Yasushi ^d   Nigawara, Takeshi ^d   Midorikawa, Sanae ^e   Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^d   Imaizumi, Misa ^f   Ohtsuru, Akira ^e   Akamizu, Takashi ^g   Kitaoka, Masafumi ^h   Suzuki, Shinichi ^e   Yamashita, Shunichi ^b,e   Takamura, Noboru ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^g WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Nodular thyroid lesion; Thyroid cyst; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CYST; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84880832890     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-013-0456-1     Document Type: Article

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