Epidemiological characteristics of children with autoimmune thyroid disease
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Epidemiological characteristics of children with autoimmune thyroid disease.
OBJECTIVE Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) is the most common cause of thyroid disease in children. The aim of the study was to define the epidemiological clinical and laboratory characteristics of children and adolescents with AT. DESIGN Various parameters including thyroid ultrasonography of 228 children and adolescents aged 10.2 ± 2.5 yrs (mean ± SD) with AT, who attended our Pediatric ...
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عنوان ژورنال: HORMONES
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1109-3099
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1310