Scintigraphic Imaging of Paediatric Thyroid Dysfunction
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Scintigraphic imaging of paediatric thyroid dysfunction.
Imaging of thyroid dysfunction is safe and clinically relevant in children. In congenital hypothyroidism (CH), thyroid imaging permits a precise characterization of the aetiology, which is important for genetic counselling and clinical management. CH may be due to thyroid dysgenesis (ectopia, hypoplasia and athyrosis) or occurs in eutopic glands. In the latter, hypothyroidism may be either tran...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hormone Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1423-0046,0301-0163
DOI: 10.1159/000129672