Open AccessHyperthyroidism and Graves' disease: Is an ultrasound examination needed?
Author(s) -
Lakshminarayanan Varadhan,
George Varughese,
Sailesh Sankaranarayanan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.192899
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , endocrine system , physical examination , ultrasound , graves' disease , disease , endocrine disease , retrospective cohort study , thyroid nodules , radiology , hormone
The aim of our study was to assess the limitation of clinical examination in determining the morphology of thyroid gland in patients with hyperthyroidism and its implications.