The association between hypoechogenicity or irregular echo pattern at thyroid ultrasonography and thyroid function in the general population
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The association between hypoechogenicity or irregular echo pattern at thyroid ultrasonography and thyroid function in the general population.
OBJECTIVE Patients with overt hypothyroidism show decreased echogenicity of the thyroid at ultrasonography (US). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between echogenicity of the thyroid/irregular echo pattern, and thyroid function in the general population, i.e. subjects without overt thyroid disease. DESIGN A cross-sectional investigation of 4649 randomly selected adult s...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02255