Serum thyrotropin concentration in children with isolated thyroid nodules

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1465-1470

  Mussa, Alessandro ^a   Salerno, Maria Carolina ^b   Bona, Gianni ^c   Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^d   Segni, Maria ^e   Cassio, Alessandra ^f   Vigone, Maria Cristina ^g   Gastaldi, Roberto ^h   Iughetti, Lorenzo ⁱ   Santanera, Arianna ^a   Capalbo, Donatella ^b   Matarazzo, Patrizia ^a   De Luca, Filippo ^d   Weber, Giovanna ^g   Corrias, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FNAB; THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE; TSH;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84886722211     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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