Grey‐scale analysis allows a quantitative evaluation of thyroid echogenicity in the patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

objective In the present study we have performed a grey‐scale quantitative analysis of thyroid echogenicity in the patients affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), obtaining a numerical estimate of the degree of hypoecogenicity associated with the appearance of thyroid dysfunction.

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