Congenital Hypothyroidism: Space–Time Clustering of Thyroid Dysgenesis Indicates a Role for Environmental Factors in Disease Etiology
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Congenital and Juvenile Hypothyroidism Due to Thyroid Dysgenesis.
Following the initial description of an ectopic thyroid by Verneuil, ( 1 ) it remained only as an anatomical curiosity for many years. Hunt ( 2 ) described dysphagia and obstruction of the upper larynx caused by a lingual thyroid and suggested the clinical importance of this entity. Mont gomery ( 3 ) has reviewed most of the reported cases, and observed that surgi cal ablation of the ectopic ti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thyroid
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1050-7256,1557-9077
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0005