Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with the presence of thyroid nodules in the euthyroid population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Shen, Zhe ^a   Qin, Yu'e ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Lu, Yi ^a   Munker, Stefan ^b   Chen, Lihua ^a   Yu, Chaohui ^a   Chen, Peng ^a   Li, Youming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID NODULE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84893156994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080042     Document Type: Article

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